STORY TIME ⭐️ April 12 in Russian History 🚀 What Happened 60 Years ago?

4 years ago

Russia and the World have recently celebrated 60 years since the First Human Space Flight ! 🚀 

I’m curious, if you learn something new from my story, let me know!
Personally, I’m still mesmerized by a human ability to fly!


Learn More:

In Russian: tass.ru/spec/gagarin
Yuri Gagarin: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Gagarin
Alexei Leonov: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Leonov
Valentina Tereshkova: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina_Tereshkova

Sergei Korolev (Practical Cosmonautics): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Korolev
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (Theoretical Cosmonautics): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin_Tsiolkovsky

Dogs in Space: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_space_dogs
Laika: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika
Белка и Стрелка: ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Белка_и_Стрелка

Sputnik 1: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1
Moon Rocket: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_2