Yuri Gagarin 50 years on

[Sharnbrook]

I was reminded by the news broadcast this morning, (as well as by Google) that today was the 50th Anniversary of Gagarin's epic journey into space. I have the front page of the London Evening Standard of April 12th 1961, announcing the start of "The world's greatest adventure.."

My Old Man suggested that I keep a copy, as it would be of some interest in the future.

A photo of it is attached, but resolution is not too good, so it's difficult to read.

[supernova1965]

Google is celebrating this also

[Ric]

What an amazing adventure it must have been back in 1961.

Sitting in a tin can around 160 km up, he was definitely made of the right stuff.

[gary]

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the scan of the newspaper which I found quite legible.

Great you held onto it for all these years. :thumbsup:

To have the nerve to put yourself atop a Soviet booster in 1961 which would then
launch you into Earth orbit certainly has to make Gargarin one of the coolest
individuals of the 20th Century.

A hero of the Soviet Union, if his first epic journey had been undertaken
in the West, I am sure he would have been given the whole Hollywood movie
treatment - for better or for worse.

His untimely death in the MiG jet crash in 1968 was sad and if he were alive today
he would have been 77. I am sure every IceInSpace member would have loved
to come to one of his lectures to hear him speak of that first flight.

[Sharnbrook]

How many of us would understand Russian though? ;)

Just a few.