At 9:07 on April 12, 1961, the Soviet R-7 rocket carried the "Vostok 1" capsule and landed safely after a 108-minute flight, and Yuri Galin became the first astronaut in human history to land in space, and also let the world remember his name. Before that, Gagarin was just a worker in a factory, so how did Gagarin achieve a successful counterattack? This issue will be analyzed for everyone!
Gagarin was born on March 9, 1934, to a farming family in the Molensk region of the Soviet Union, with three sons and one daughter. After graduating from secondary school at the age of 15, he entered the factory work, probably due to premature exposure to manual work, coupled with the fact that the living conditions were not very good when he was young, Gagarin's height was only 1.57 meters. If nothing else, he would have to do manual labor in his lifetime, and it would be nice if he could eventually get a factory director.
But he is not willing to engage in powerful physical labor all the time, but is constantly looking for opportunities to change his destiny. On October 25, 1954, he joined the Saratov Aviation Club and worked hard to learn about flying. On October 27, 1955, Gagarin was conscripted into the Army and entered the Soviet Flight Academy for further study. But he was so small that he needed a cushion to fly a plane to meet the training standards, so much so that he was almost fired. On October 25, 1957, Gagarin entered the Soviet Air Force after graduating from aviation school, thus achieving another major turning point in his life.
In October 1959, the Soviet Union began to select the first batch of astronauts, considering the small space inside the first manned spacecraft, Gagarin's height became an advantage, Gagarin and 19 other candidates were shortlisted through layers of screening, and then he became the 1 of the 6 first manned spaceflight seeds. Together, the 6 of them trained in Zhukovsky for 2 months, after which Gagarin was identified as the astronaut of the first manned space mission. Although before the actual implementation of manned spaceflight, the Soviet Union had successfully sent animal-equipped orbital modules into space several times. But the first manned spaceflight has no bottom in anyone's mind. It was during the Cold War, and the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union in the field of space was very fierce, and Korolev judged that the Americans might carry out manned spaceflight on April 20, 1961, so the Soviet Union wanted to complete the first manned space flight in human history before the United States.
However, at this time, the design of the "Vostok 1" return capsule was still overweight, and the emergency rescue system in the launch and landing phases could only be removed in order to rush the work. As for whether the spacecraft can successfully enter orbit after it goes up? Whether it can land in the predetermined location is unknown? When all goes well, the inside of the ship can support Gagarin for up to 10 days, which also means that if something goes wrong, he may not be able to come back. Vostok 1 returned with insufficient braking power, and the spacecraft entered the flip phase, turning 1 turn per second. When the spacecraft re-enters the atmosphere, the high temperature generated by the friction between the surface and the air reaches more than 3,000 degrees Celsius, and the metal flowing out of the porthole can also hear the crackling sound inside the spacecraft. At a distance of 7 kilometers above the ground, Gagarin catapulted a parachute and finally landed safely.
Hastily decided plans, and no emergency escape device, flying up to whether he can come back alive no one can guarantee, but the 27-year-old Gagarin withstood the pressure to complete the task, he has since become a big star in the Soviet Union, and in the following years he has visited more than 30 countries, each place can cause a huge sensation. His success greatly enhanced the cohesion of the Soviet people, left a glorious mark in the history of human spaceflight, and forced the United States to increase investment in the early manned moon landing.
"The times make heroes", this is not wrong at all. If Gagarin had been a worker for the rest of his life, he would not have had to take the risk of becoming a pilot. However, he was not satisfied with the status quo, and became a pilot under continuous efforts, and later successfully became an astronaut. Constantly challenging yourself to make a breakthrough, Gagarin may be a person who likes to be stimulated, the love of flying, unremitting efforts, strong strength plus good luck and clever timing, together to help Gagarin achieve a counterattack in life.
Gagarin, who became famous, also seemed to be a bit drifting, marrying Valentina and having 2 daughters as early as November 7, 1957. But she actually cheated on the little nurse Anna during her vacation in the Black Sea in September 1961 and jumped out of the window to escape the scene. Fortunately, his protagonist aura was strong enough, and the crowd did not pursue it too much. Gagarin has been engaged in academic research since then, but he loves flying and took the initiative to return to the Air Force to fly the aircraft, which also laid the groundwork for future tragedies.
On March 27, 1968, Gagarin and Seryokin were killed while flying a MiG-15 trainer plane. According to the reason, such a big person crashed and died, the cause of the incident should be investigated clearly. Regrettably, however, the reason for Gagarin's crash is still widely debated. One theory is that the air traffic control personnel misreported meteorological conditions, so that the MiG-15 trainer aircraft fell into a stall at a low altitude and could not get rid of the tail spin and crashed; the other is that the air vents of the fighter were accidentally opened by the crew, causing the pilot to crash due to hypoxia coma; and even conspiracy theorists appeared, although the conspiracy theory has been refuted by the Russian authorities. But what exactly caused Gagarin to crash will probably become a mystery that can never be solved.
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