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Why is the 12th of April so important for mankind? Hint: Look at the stars!
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#94517. Asked by headshooter. (Apr 11 08 9:53 PM)
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McGruff
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Yuri Gagarin flew only one space mission. On April 12, 1961 he became the first human to orbit Earth. Major Yuri Gagarin's spacecraft, Vostok 1, circled Earth at a speed of 27,400 kilometers per hour. The flight lasted 108 minutes. At the highest point, Yuri Gagarin was about 327 kilometers above Earth.
 http://space.about.com/od/deceasedcosmonauts/a/yurigagarinbio.htm
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headshooter
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Yes and that's the step before:
"That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."
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BRY2K
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Here is an interesting speace-related coincidence:
On 12 April 2007, the Kremlin vetoed a new investigation into the death of Gagarin. Some experts who had been involved in the original investigation had formulated a new theory, based on modern technology and investigative methods.
Government officials said that they saw no reason to begin a new investigation.
(On 27 March 1968, Gagarin and his instructor died in a MiG-15UTI on a routine training flight near Kirzhach. It is not certain what caused the crash, but a 1986 inquest suggests that the turbulence from a Su-11 'Fishpot-C' interceptor using its afterburners may have caused Gagarin's plane to go out of control.
Weather conditions were also poor, which may have contributed to the inability of Gagarin and the instructor to correct before they crashed.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Gagarin
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