Pronunciation of the English word gagarin.
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1. | After his successful space flight, the Soviet Union paid its official thanks to Yuri Gagarin. There was a six-hour parade through Red Square, followed by a ceremony at the Lenin Mausoleum where Gagarin was greeted by General Secretary Nikita Khrushchev. | |
2. | In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to pilot a spacecraft when he was launched aboard Vostok 1 by the Soviet Union. | |
3. | Yuri Gagarin was born near Moscow, Russia on March 9, 1934. | |
4. | On April 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit Earth. | |
5. | Yuri Gagarin was killed in a plane crash before he could travel in space a second time. | |
6. | When Yuri Gagarin took off in Vostok 1, he was an Air Force lieutenant. When he landed, he was a major. | |
7. | Colonel Yuri A. Gagarin was born on a collective farm in a region west of Moscow, Russia on March 9, 1934. | |
8. | Yuri Gagarin flew only one space mission. | |
9. | Once in orbit, Yuri Gagarin had no control over his spacecraft. Vostok's reentry was controlled by a computer program sending radio commands to the space capsule. | |
10. | Although the controls were locked, a key had been placed in a sealed envelope in case an emergency situation made it necessary for Gagarin to take control of the spacecraft. |