legendary Gagarin's flight into space is still raises many questions, the answers to which remain unsolved and.
first launch into space had to happen sooner
Just a few years ago, the researchers found out that Yuri A. had to go into space for the first time not serene day in April, and even a few months earlier - in December.This was stated in the Resolution of the CPSU Central Committee and the Council of Ministers on 11 October 1960.Start the "East" in the winter prevented the tragic accident October 24 at Baikonur, failing to start, a military rocket exploded, fueled.As a result, 268 people were killed, among whom was Marshal Nedelin.Most people literally burned alive.Due to the fact that the State Commission threw all their forces to investigate the incident, Gagarin's flight into space was postponed.
equipment was reliable only at 50%
course, in Soviet times, this information is carefully concealed.However, the statistics speak for themselves: of the six test launches that preceded the launch into space, three had a tragic outcome.May 15, 1960, less than a year before it took flight Gagarin into space, launched the ship due to a malfunction of the system orientation and did not come down to earth, and continues to fly up to the present day.September 23 the same year, right at the start of a rocket exploded on board of which were dogs and Krasavka Little Lady.December 1 launch took place more successfully dogs Bee Fly safely and moved the start, however, due to the fact that the trajectory of descent at the end of the flight was too steep, the ship was burned along with the animals being in it.
And that's not to mention the fact that the tragedy occurred not only in space but also on Earth during one of the training directly in the isolation chamber died Bondarenko - the youngest candidate for the astronauts.
place of the first cosmonaut Titov could take
America could not remain on the sidelines and all the forces trying to make the launch of the first man in space.Tests were under way, however, the West instead of the dog-passenger rockets were monkeys.The United States looked forward to May 2, 1961 - it was on the day he was appointed an essential first start.However, Sergei Korolev could not allow the American was the first man to go into space.Although the ratio of 50/50, which does not give any sort of guarantee that Yuri A. return alive, the launch of the Soviet spacecraft was appointed a few weeks earlier.In those days, the idea seriously considered to replace Gagarin, who had two little girls, on the childless German Titov.But Korolev insisted on the candidacy of Yuri and, in his own words, the rest of his life was proud of the fact that no mistake in his choice.
In the first 20 seconds of flight the cosmonaut was in the greatest danger
Finally, come April 12, 1961 - the date of Gagarin's flight into space and one of the most significant events of the twentieth century.Most risk is fraught with missile launch.Driving Flight assumed various options for saving the astronaut at different stages.Except for the first 20 seconds.In the case of the explosion booster seat Yuri catapulted to a height not enough to open the parachute.With this purpose was invented by "emergency rescue system" is a large four guys who were sitting near the start of a special shelter and kept ready a large grid of nylon.If the accident occurred, they had to jump out of the shelter and catch the astronaut as firemen catch people jumping from the upper floors of burning buildings.
authorities have prepared just three appeals to the people
No one was sure that Gagarin's flight into space will be successful.Therefore TASS were procured three treatment: in case the experiment is completed successfully, the second - when the spacecraft will not be able to go into orbit, and the third - the tragic death of cosmonaut.
If already in space was an emergency, in which brake motors would be denied, the ship would have remained in Earth orbit."East" was designed so that in such a situation, the ship could, "catching" the upper layer of the atmosphere, slow down and quietly land or splash down somewhere.However, it had not occurred after 1 hour and at 7-10 day.For this purpose was created a supply of water, food and air, which should be enough for ten days.
Danger lurked also in the fact that, despite the many days of testing and training, remained a risk of mental breakdown at the cosmonaut.To avoid this, Gagarin was ordered to constantly negotiate with the Earth.And he did it all 108 minutes of his flight.
Rise missiles was a miracle?
Despite all the assurances of the Soviet authorities, and the start of the flight itself went according to plan.Many times there is an emergency situation.For example, at the beginning I did not load sensor tightness missiles.Because of this, a few minutes before the start of the designers were forced to unwind, and then fasten the bolt 32 back to the hatch.Following failure occurred on the communication line.Instead, the signal "5" suddenly went digit "3", which meant that the ship was an accident.Aggregate compartment long separated, which could lead to fire rockets valve suit jammed and Gagarin was only narrowly suffocated, while running the ship began to randomly tumble ...
However, the flight was successful and became one of the most significant events in the history of "Cold War "between the Soviet Union and the United States, and in the history of humanity as a whole.
errors with a touchdown, "the East" conceal many decades in a row
Soviet authorities assert that Gagarin landed in a given area.In fact, scientists have conducted several recalculated and none of the results have not proved to be true.In fact landed Yuri A., catapulted out of the ship, in the Saratov region.The first people who saw the astronaut were Anna Takhtarova, forester's wife, and her granddaughter Rita.Seeing a man in a strange costume, the old lady was frightened at first, but the astronaut reassured her, shouting: "His, his, Soviet!ยป
Thus ended the Gagarin's flight into space.Year and day of the event - April 12 1961 - undoubtedly marked the beginning of a new era in the history of mankind.
