The flight of Juri Gagarin - Preparation for take off

The flight of Juri Gagarin - Preparation for take off

Historiathek - zb Media

On April 12, 1961, a great moment in the history of mankind occurred - the first human space flight. Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin takes off at 9:00 from the Baikonour Cosmodrome and lands near Engels on the Volga after a complete orbit of the Earth.

This film clip shows the arrival at the launch pad and the boarding of the Vostok spaceship.


Am 12. April 1961 ereignete sich ein großer Moment in der Geschichte der Menschheit - der erste menschliche Raumflug. Der Kosmonaut Juri Gagarin hebt um 9:00 Uhr vom Kosmodrom Baikonour ab und landet nach einer vollständigen Umrundung der Erde in der Nähe von Engels an der Wolga. Dieser Filmausschnitt zeigt die Ankunft an der Startrampe und das Einsteigen in das Wostok-Raumschiff.

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