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Apr 12^th, 2006 at 4:28am

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A mere 45 years ago today Major Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin became the first man in space Shocked

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Reply #1 - Apr 12^th, 2006 at 5:14am

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Crazy stuff!! Good on them tho.

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Reply #2 - Apr 12^th, 2006 at 9:22am

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Also, 25 years ago today the very first space shuttle mission was flown. Astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen took the Space Shuttle Columbia on a 2 day maiden voyage beginning with the launch on April 12, 1981.

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Reply #3 - Apr 12^th, 2006 at 12:32pm

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From the History Channel site:

FIRST MAN IN SPACE:
April 12, 1961

On April 12, 1961, aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin becomes the first human being to travel into space. During the flight, the 27-year-old test pilot and industrial technician also became the first man to orbit the planet, a feat accomplished by his space capsule in 89 minutes. Vostok 1 orbited Earth at a maximum altitude of 187 miles and was guided entirely by an automatic control system. The only statement attributed to Gagarin during his one hour and 48 minutes in space was, "Flight is proceeding normally; I am well."

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