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Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin & Vostok 1

• bootload 16y ago
  "... On aross the Black Sea streaked the capsule and Gagarin prepared to eject, since the capsule's parachute landing system was deemed too rough for a cosmonaut to risk. Over the Russian province of Saratov, not far from Engels, Gagarin jettisoned his Vostok capsule, still seven kilometers above the ground. He made his final descent on his own parachute and was back on Earth 108 minutes after launch. ..." Watching a documentary commemorating 50 years since man orbited the earth ~ http://www.youtube.com/firstorbit http://www.youtube.com/firstorbit I came over this interesting fact. I was not aware just how much risk Gagarin took to get home.