The feat was also a major propaganda coup for the Soviet Union, which had successfully launched the first satellite, Sputnit, in 1957.
In this report you can also watch an interview with Yuri Gagarin.
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martes, 12 de abril de 2011
The journey that shook the world
From the BBC comes this report to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's 108-minute flight around the Earth, which started human spaceflight.
The feat was also a major propaganda coup for the Soviet Union, which had successfully launched the first satellite, Sputnit, in 1957.
The feat was also a major propaganda coup for the Soviet Union, which had successfully launched the first satellite, Sputnit, in 1957.
