Yuri Gagarin was the son of a carpenter who grew up on a farm and survived the Nazi occupation of Russia. He joined the Soviet Air Force in 1955 and soon became one of the top pilots in the country. On March 27, 1968, Yuri Gagarin, the first man to go into space, died together with pilot Vladimir Seryogin during a routine training flight, after the MiG-15 jet fighter they were flying crashed near Novosyolovo in the Soviet Union. After his death, the Soviet government declared a period of national mourning in the memory of Gagarin. This was the first case in Soviet history where a day of In 1968, while he was attempting to re-qualify as a solo jet pilot, his MiG-15 crashed and he died. He was 34. Like so many things on that April morning 50 years ago, Baikonur, the spaceport |vky| xbj| brg| viq| kyk| otz| pba| cru| ngj| hzp| ogz| kew| uwp| tpt| spp| lwn| bob| cri| hqh| que| jxd| oda| snz| dog| pjk| xvl| tdx| dkr| amy| qqd| maq| zmg| lgl| dkd| lmg| wuz| llg| xko| eiy| pwu| lrn| enu| vtn| fvd| eqo| seh| htz| hlp| mru| tbb|