| Title: | Space Exploration |
| Notice: | Shuttle launch schedules, see Note 6 |
| Moderator: | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN |
| Created: | Mon Feb 17 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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I believe the information was released some time ago by the Soviets as a result of Glasnost, but I missed out - can someone enlighten me about the fate Yuri Gagarin - I know he died in a plane crash some time ago but they were rather candid about the circumstances at the time... Martin
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| 615.1 | 3168::BIRO | Fri May 11 1990 08:42 | 17 | ||
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Gee I think there is a note somewhere about Yuri, however the
latest that I have seen in TASS stated that another plane was
to close to Yuri's and it suck the air out. Yuri was to low at
the time to recover... However a pilot reviewed the article
and the distance that were quoted that the two planes passed by
each other was to far apart for this to have happen..
As for the Soviet Ship Kosm Yuri Gagarin it will be making
port calls in Portugal and Rotterdam most likely in late June
or Early July - if you live near by you may want to check with
your Harbor Master.
cheers john
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| 615.2 | It was simply attributed to pilot error | 26523::KLAES | The Universe, or nothing! | Fri May 11 1990 09:30 | 14 |
Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarian, the first human to orbit Earth in
space in VOSTOK 1 on April 12, 1961, died in 1968 when the plane
he was flying crashed. Yuri never flew another space mission
after his historic 1961 flight, but supposedly he was going to
fly SOYUZ 1 in 1967. Had this occured, Yuri might also have
been the first human to die in spaceflight as well: SOYUZ 1
crashed when its parachute tangled upon landing, killing cosmonaut
Komarov.
Such books as THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCYLOPEDIA OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY,
now in bookstores, are very good at answering these types of questions.
Larry
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