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    Happy 65th anniversary of the first man in space!


    With successful completion of Artemis II mission I'd like to think that we're standing on the verge of the new era of space exploration. On this occasion, I would like to congratulate everyone on the International Day of Human Space Flight, or as we call it in Russia: Cosmonautics Day! (День космонавтики)

    (Photo by Igor Snegirev)

    https://i.redd.it/hq8cu3jgcrug1.jpeg

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    15 Comments

    2. KingPingviini on

      I have to ask, why didn’t you include his name with the picture?

      This is Soviet Cosmonaut Юрий Гагарин (Yuri Gagarin), the first person in outer space.

    3. hearke on

      When my dad was a kid in Sri Lanka, Yuri Gagarin visited his village and even shook his hand, while my dad was sitting on his dad’s shoulders.

      He says that moment stuck with him for life, and is probably a big part of why he went into physics.

    4. Cheap-Bell-4389 on

      This comes across as Russian cope or anti-American propaganda considering the singular achievement of our Artemis crew by NASA 

      Cool, Yuri was the first, he set a trend and started a space race that will benefit all of mankind, one America has been in the lead of for a very long time 

    7. Snowbank_Lake on

      First one that we *know of*. I sometimes wonder if there were others who just didn’t make it back alive.

    8. kwman11 on

      Always boggles my mind humanity went from this to landing on the moon 8 years later. And the first powered flight was only in 1903.

      Edit: boggles

    11. Fun-Concert7086 on

      The day I was born oh it seems if it’s less than a lot of characters. It’s not going to be mentioned so I will say it again this is the day I was born!

    13. n_mcrae_1982 on

      I recommend the book “Two Sides of the Moon” by Dave Scott (Apollo 15 commander) and Alexei Leonov (first EVA). Leonov and Gagarin were friends and Leonov has some great stories about him.

    15. Novel_History_7685 on

      There is not a single piece of evidence of Gagarin’s flight into space.