It was ONLY 50 years ago (april 12)

kennyc · 04-10-2011, 12:29 PM

First Man in space:

First Man in Space: A 50-Year-Old Feat Remembered
50 years ago, Gagarin, first man in space, also answered a weighty question for rocket science

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press
STAR CITY, Russia April 10, 2011 (AP)

It was the Soviet Union's own giant leap for mankind, one that would spur a humiliated America to race for the moon. It happened 50 years ago this Tuesday, when an air force pilot named Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space.

In this July 15, 1961 picture, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, stands in an open car outside the... Expand

The 27-year-old cosmonaut's mission lasted just 108 minutes and was fraught with drama: a break in data transmission, glitches involving antennas, a retrorocket and the separation of modules. And there was an overarching question that science had yet to answer: What would weightlessness do to a human being?

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=13338559

pholy · 04-10-2011, 12:38 PM

CBC's Quirks and Quarks had a bit about the flight and its aftermath yesterday. Here's the link to that part of the show: http://cbc.ca/quirks/media/2010-2011...1-04-09_05.mp3

kennyc · 04-10-2011, 01:26 PM

Excellent! Thank you Pholy!

04-10-2011, 12:29 PM	#1
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,872 Karma: 118716293 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	It was ONLY 50 years ago (april 12) First Man in space: First Man in Space: A 50-Year-Old Feat Remembered 50 years ago, Gagarin, first man in space, also answered a weighty question for rocket science By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press STAR CITY, Russia April 10, 2011 (AP) It was the Soviet Union's own giant leap for mankind, one that would spur a humiliated America to race for the moon. It happened 50 years ago this Tuesday, when an air force pilot named Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space. In this July 15, 1961 picture, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, stands in an open car outside the... Expand The 27-year-old cosmonaut's mission lasted just 108 minutes and was fraught with drama: a break in data transmission, glitches involving antennas, a retrorocket and the separation of modules. And there was an overarching question that science had yet to answer: What would weightlessness do to a human being? http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=13338559

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04-10-2011, 12:38 PM	#2
pholy Booklegger Posts: 1,801 Karma: 7999816 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Device: BeBook(1 & 2010), PEZ, PRS-505, Kobo BT, PRS-T1, Playbook, Kobo Touch	CBC's Quirks and Quarks had a bit about the flight and its aftermath yesterday. Here's the link to that part of the show: http://cbc.ca/quirks/media/2010-2011...1-04-09_05.mp3

04-10-2011, 01:26 PM	#3
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,872 Karma: 118716293 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Excellent! Thank you Pholy!

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