March 9, 2020
Categories: History, Space
Birthday of the first cosmonaut

86 years ago, on March 9, 1934, in the village of Klushino, Gzhatsky (now Gagarin) district of the Smolensk region, the first cosmonaut of the planet Yuri Gagarin was born – a special person not only for those who connected their lives with space, but also for all people in the world.

108 minutes, spent by Yuri Gagarin, in near-Earth orbit on April 12, 1961, opened a new era for humanity.

Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was remembered by many for his wide charming smile!

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