History -- Yuri Gagarin
1. On what day did Yuri Gagarin orbit the earth?
April 12, 1961
2. What was the name of his mission and spacecraft? It’s the same
Vostok 1
3. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union at the time?
Nikita Khrushchev
4. What was the name of the cosmonaut training facility before it was renamed after Gagarin?
Star City
5. How many other space flights did Gagarin make?
None
6. How many orbits did Gagarin make on that first space flight?
One
7. How long did that first flight last from launch to landing?
According to official records, the space flight took 108 minutes from launch to landing. As planned, Gagarin landed separately from his spacecraft, having ejected with a parachute 7 km (23,000 ft) above ground. Historian Asif Siddiqi has claimed that Gagarin was in the spacecraft for 108 minutes after launch, and that he didn't touch ground for another 10 minutes.
8. How old was Gagarin when he made that first space flight?
27
9. How did Gagarin die?
Gagarin died in 1968 when a MiG 15 training jet he was piloting crashed.
10. Within two years, how old was Gagarin when he died?
34 (32-36 acceptable range)
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