WHEN YURI GAGARIN LIFTED OFF INTO SPACE ABOARD THE VOSTOK 1?
AT 9.07 A.M MOSCOW TIME ON 12TH APRIL, 1961.
WHAT HAPPENED ON 12TH APRIL, 1961?
YURI GAGARIN LIFTED INTO SPACE ABOARD THE VOSTOK 1.
HOW LONG DID IT TAKE GAGARIN TO BECOME THE FIRST HUMAN IN ORBIT AROUND THE EARTH?
APPROXIMATELY 12 MINUTES LATER.
WAS ITS SPEED OF MORE THAN 17.000 MILES PER HOUR?
YES, IT WAS.
HOW LONG DID HIS FLIGHT LAST?
108 MINUTES.
HOW OLD WAS HE WHEN HE WAS IN ORBIT AROUND THE EARTH?
27 YEARS OLD.
WHAT WERE THE FIRST WORDS SPOKEN FROM SPACE BY HIM?
"I SEE THE EARTH. IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL!"
DID PEOPLE KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO A HUMAN BEING IN SPACE BEFORE GAGARIN'S HISTORIC FLIGHT?
NO, THEY DIDN'T.
IF THERE WAS A TECHNICAL FAILURE, GAGARIN MIGHT GET BACK TO THE EARTH. TRUE OR FALSE?
FALSE.
BEFORE GAGARIN'S HISTORIC FLIGHT, THERE WERE STILL ENORMOUS UNCERTAINTIES. TRUE OR FALSE?
TRUE.
DID THE SUCCESS OF GAGARIN'S FLIGHT MAKE HIM A HERO?
YES, IT DID.
WHAT DID U.S. PRESIDENT WRITE IN THE TELEGRAM TO MOSCOW?
"THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES SHARE WITH THE PEOPLE OF THE SOVIETUNION... WE CONGRATULATE..."
HE MADE ANOTHER SPACE FLIGHT. TRUE OR FALSE?
FALSE.
WHEN DID HE DIE?
HE DIED IN MARCH 1968.
WHY DID HE DIE?
BECAUSE HE GOT A PLANE CRASH ON A ROUTINE TRAINING FLIGHT.
WHAT HAPPENED AFTER HIS DEATH?
HIS HOMETOWN OF...HERO.
