On April 12, 1961, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, aboard Vostok I, made the first manned orbital space flight in history
61 years ago, Major Gagarin was the first human being to cross the stratosphere and enter orbit. On board Vostok I, cosmonaut completing at the time the greatest exploration milestone in human history.
The space race was the only positive thing that the Cold War left behind. It began with the Soviet Union sweeping and surpassing its own milestones until, in the end, the United States won the race when Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon in July 1969.
“People of the world, let us safeguard this beauty, let us not destroy it” – Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin
“The Earth is Blue” he said live. Over time, the infected communist propaganda added to the phrase: “…. And there is no god.” The reality is that Gagarin was an Orthodox Christian.
What the cosmonaut did say was that the planet is a beauty and he called not to destroy it, but unfortunately, those who have historically governed Yuri Gagarin’s homeland have always had severe destructive impulses, from Ivan “The Terrible” to Stalin even Putin.
Yuri Gagarin was ultimately a victim of the system in which he lived and served. He died in 1968 under strange circumstances. Gagarin crashed alongside his instructor while making a practice flight aboard a Mig-15 fighter, but his mark on history will be indelible.
