Презентация "Yuri Gagarin. The first man in outer space. Юрий Гагарин".

«The first man in outer space»

Daas Amira

Basic information

•   Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, (born March 9, 1934, near Gzhatsk, Russia died March 27, 1968, near Moscow), in 1961 became the first man to travel into space.

Childhood and youth

• Yuri Gagarin was born in 1934. His parents had four children in total. In September 1941 he went to school, but soon the village where he lived was occupied by the German army. Only in 1943 Yuri continued his studies at school.
• In 1951 Gagarin entered the Saratov Industrial Technical School and later joined local flying club. He completed his studies at the Technical School with distinction, achieved much success and performed his first flight on a Yak-18 trainer aircraft.
• In 1955 Yuri Gagarin joined the Soviet Army. Later he was given the qualification of a military pilot.
• In 1959 Gagarin was selected for the Soviet space program. He underwent special training which tested his physical and psychological endurance. Gagarin was chosen out of 20 candidates upon the Commission's decision.

Photos of young Gagarin

Interesting facts

• 1)During the war, the village of Klushino, where Yuri Gagarin lived with his family, was occupied by German troops. The family was kicked out of the house, and they huddled for a year and a half in a dugout dug out by their father and lined with turf. When the Germans retreated, they took the brother and sister of the future cosmonaut with them to Germany
• 2) Yuri Gagarin graduated from seven classes of school and college, having received the profession of a molder-foundry worker.
• 3) At the aviation school, Gagarin was appointed assistant platoon commander. Due to the tough demands that he placed on both himself and others, several subordinates severely beat him, and he spent a month in the hospital

Interesting facts

• 4) In addition to him, there were 19 more contenders for the title of the first cosmonaut. All of them were experienced jet fighter pilots. Yuri Gagarin was chosen from among them almost by accident.
• 5)Gagarin's call sign during his legendary flight was "Cedar".
• 6) After his flight, Yuri Gagarin gained worldwide fame and paid official visits to more than 30 foreign countries.

Journey into space

• On 12 April 1961 Gagarin boarded spaceship “Vostok 1”. The main purpose of the flight was to check whether it is possible for a human being to stay in outer space on a specially equipped spacecraft.
• During the flight Gagarin recorded everything, he ate and drank. He orbited the Earth once and finished his flight. It lasted 108 minutes. Because of the failure of the braking system Gagarin landed 110 km away from the destination.

Photos from training sessions

Later life and career

• After his flight Gagarin often went to foreign countries. Those trips took nearly all his time. In 1966 Gagarin resumed his training for the next flight into space. But that time he was chosen to be a backup pilot.
• In March 1968 Gagarin died in a crash during a routine training flight.
• During his life Gagarin was given several ranks and awarded several medals and orders. Many streets, institutions, crafts and aircrafts are named after Yuri Gagarin. The town of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin in honour of the first person to travel into space

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