Last flight of Yury Gagarin: What killed the space icon

[Killamatrix243]

R.I.P Yuri Gagarin

R.I.P Verner Von Braun

R.I.P Sergei Korlov

R.I.P Fallen Cosmonauts/Astronauts

[princescorpion9999]

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[2012myfight]

each time i see RT on youtube, i spit in my screen

[2012myfight]

Yury Gagarin = communistic dog, RT = KREMLIN propaganda

[normison69]

@2012myfight When i see CNN i smash the source showing the American capitalist pig propaganda. I also spit on BBC wich is also controlled by the Americans but is not as bad as CNN, FOX and NBC wich are controlled 100% by US goverment. BBC is British propaganda with filthy American influence over it too. I hate communism, but i despite capitalism even more because its just greed in purest form and way more evil than communism as an ideology. Social democracy is best, like in Scandinavia!!!

[lupezurfer]

why didn't he inject??

[Killamatrix243]

@lupezurfer he was very low and if you eject at that altitude the parachute won't open fully and so he would have died anyways

[candysticks123]

5:41

[DrMacdudeGuy]

at 05:41 its 1337 in moscow

[spoonmonkey14]

Before Captain Kirk, Jean Luke Picard, Luke Sky Walker and commander Shepard there was Yury Gagarin.

[creccy]

Gagarin belonged to the WORLD not just Russia and if Americans come up with stupid comments spare a bit of kindness children always make the most stupid comments

[hawker445]

wasn't Vladimir Komarov the first in space?

[RockabillyAutopsy]

I wonder if zero-zero ejection seats would've saved these men...

[TheDiego2208]

Gagarin was killed by brezhnev. Krushev loved gagarin but wen he was removed from power in a coup, gagrin became isolated by Brezhnev's new regime. Brezhnev forced gagarin's best friend komarov to do a moon orbit wen the equipment was not ready simply becoz they wanted a propaganda victory on the 50th anniversary of balshevic revolution. Komarov died as a result. this piss'd off gagarin, he became alchoholic clashing with brezhnev over space programs so they decided to killl gagarin

[SergeyDanilkin]

When he has told "Vladimir Seregin" and "Yury Gagarin" It has turned out very ridiculously :) 00:30

[norphiem]

some people say that gagarin saw something in space that should be secret , thats why he killed ... i dunno

[babulka2222]

Communists will beat you like a small babbies!!

[quasi46]

It would have been an even greater moment to have had him on the shuttle flight with John Glenn. Yuri Gagarin exemplified pioneering spirit and courage. 

[ramiresarte]

His plane hits Santa Claus Sledge !!! :-PP

[JohanOlsson]

Soviet government killed him gagarin =( because he started to become too famous =( the same thing about than guy who started to build Soviet atomic bombs, where the government put that man in to gulag, but as soon as Usa started to build rackets with help of Germans scientists, the soviet government had to bring that Soviet scientist back from gulag to start the arm race against Usa, fucking communism =( its so brutal =( all clever guys got killed and sent to get executed =(

[plutoniangirl]

@JohanOlsson huh

[Kostaplays]

i remember being told wen i was young thaat he died cause he wanted to leave the atmosphere with a jet :( not im like fuck u grannys it was bad weather haha

[Fortek86]

I think Yuri was killed because at that moment he became more famous and powerful than soviet leaders and they couldn't accept that...

[999cheetos999]

@Fortek86 Thats not what I think...the KGB had nothing to do with it, and Gagarin is not in anyway trying to go into politics. His popularity was on par with Vassily Zaitsev or even Georgy Zhukov during WWII, but both of those men, even with a very famous background, and popularity roaring around while STALIN was there...they were never assassinated by the KGB(I admit Georgy Zhukov ran away from the purge, but even regular officers were killed during that act,but he was kept alive)..

[GlimmerOfLight]

Respect

[redvan2000]

you'd think that the soviets would want to preserve Gagarin from "working" after being the first human in space. But noooooooooooo, they sent him back to the factory testing jets. was there not one person in the soviet govt that said "hey, what more can this guy do? let's give him a lifetime of wealth after honoring us to be the first in space".

idiots/

[peegee42]

@redvan2000

don't be stupid.

you would expect a trained pilot who dedicated his life to flight to step out from the capsule into slippers and eagerly anticipate five o'clock tea everyday?

[redvan2000]

@peegee42

are you insane? a trained pilot? Gagarin is the FIRST HUMAN IS SPACE. He needed to be protected like the rare special gift he was to mankind. Idiotic Communists should had him going around the world as an ambassador for peace and human achievement. Don't be so small minded like some apparatchik.

[peegee42]

@redvan2000 I'm too old to have an argument on you tube with a infantile conspiracy theorist.. Read my comment again, but this time understand it as it was written.

[redvan2000]

@peegee42

I agree you are too old to see what a loss to humanity was with the death of Yuri. He should have been idolized and preserved for as long as possible to tell the world what great things all humans can do. Not put back into a jet to waste his talents when any dumb pilot could have done that. There is and will always be one Yuri Gagarin. And he was taken away much much too early because of soviet blindness.

[patrickcorliss]

@redvan2000

Yuri Gagarin was banned from flying for years. In this flight he was with an experienced pilot. I know the Soviet Union was totalitarian but it wouldn't be fair to control his every movement more than that.

[redvan2000]

@peegee42

stari trudoglov srbi su sve isti. vidim ko si ti sada, trebao sam znam da sami srbi (i hravti) su tako glupi.

[peegee42]

@redvan2000 ok

[redvan2000]

@redvan2000

the only idots are the soviet who screwed up everything russian. and suck my dick but your wife's mouth is too small for it.

[creccy]

@redvan2000 another stupid dickhead may i make a educated guess ???? A loud mouthed thick as mud American put it this way im 99.9% sure i am right

[MrFlowside]

@redvan2000 Khrushchev sent him around the world many times. it's partially why he was no longer a good pilot. in the 7 years after vostok 1, he logged a total of 78 hours in flight.

[kalpataro]

@redvan2000 , People around the world are not so ego centered and feeling so special like you stupid americans, Gagarin was a humble and ordinary man with an exclusive chance to do this task, only you american morons think other way.

[helljumpr5150]

Neil Armstrong was humble too, and very introverted and reclusive; he doesn't run around shouting "I got there first and you can suck on it", nor do the other Apollo astronauts.

Sure some in my country are rude, but the same can be said for any other country, and its those idiots antics or comments combined with the presumptious anti-western idiots that give us a bad image.

And is there any difference between egocentricism and patriotism? I bet every country has that problem.

[SEALZORG]

@helljumpr5150 Cuz he didnt wisit the moon -.-

[SEALZORG]

@helljumpr5150 and if you are going to say back: American flag waves like there would be wind...

[fcbcdl]

@redvan2000 That is true mate, only a person who was in space could explain how retards we are here at earth killing each other like idiots

[Nicholasdude187]

@redvan2000 It was a communist country. That means everyone got paid equally no matter how famous or awesome they were. Although I disagree with communism, the country of Russia is in fact huge as fuck. They had to have a system that was able to spread their resources out all over the contanet. Communism was made to equally pay everyone the same. Even if you find out something amazing you still get paid like the rest of the people in Russia..

[LeadHammer]

@Nicholasdude187 The USSR was not a communist country. People were not paid equally. You are misinformed.

[Dimdim316]

@redvan2000 Your the only idiot here. The Soviet government did not let him test jets anymore after he had been in space. He agreed to test this jet himself he was never forced to do it. And since he lived in a communist country wealth did not interest him.

[Killamatrix243]

@redvan2000 what you said is true except,why should he get a lifetime of wealth? he should have been tresured as a hero i don't think he should have gotten wealth but to be honest i agree with you but everyone has to work or the world will stop :P or some shit like that

[MrAvalanche2004]

This guy should have been a western hero but the us was so caught up in a space race, they didn't care, and they still don't.

[BonScottAC]

He drank heavily and he crashed his jet? You need the KGB to tell you don't drink and fly?

[lgemnew1]

@BonScottAC

Congratulations on being sober. Have you tied your shoe laces too?

Too bad it will not make Gagarin out of you...

[TheAlehandro9]

Do You know, who is the wife of Gagarin? Lady GaGa!!:)))

[Katyusha213]

@TheAlehandro9 ... Don't Worry people!!! It's all a joke! His actual wife was Valentina Goryacheva, whom he married in 1957! ;)

[lvvovich]

@TheAlehandro9 super! lol

[mediumdz]

Probable cause of the accident is pilot error. The last radio transmission was from Gargarin indicating the instructor pilot had given him control of the aircraft. At that point they were in clouds at the return point. Gargarin may have misread his instruments while in a turn then lost control and entered into a steep dive. Understandably Soviet authorities wanted Garagrin's reputation preserved so never publicly released details of the accident investigation.

[mediumdz]

Probable cause of the accident is pilot error. The last radio transmission was from Gargarin indicating the instructor pilot had given him control of the aircraft. At that point they were in clouds at the return point. Gargarin may have misread his instruments while in a turn then lost control and entered into a steep dive. Understandably Soviet authorities wanted Garagrin's reputation preserved so

never publicly released details of the accident investigation.

[JohanOlsson]

Well the Russian/Soviet government killed him of course!!!! as usual! fucking pigs!

[rostokrssrb]

It`s the right way for such icon to die.

Better than from old age.

[TheJediCharles]

It's elitist because it denotes liberal, multi-cultural, sophisticated pomposity. "I'm more educated than to limit myself to mere English pronunciation. Aren't you impressed?"

I'm not worked up. It's my position, I expressed it, the end. Are you worked up disagreeing? I don't think so. Well, neither am I so don't falsely overstate it.

[woodyaan]

I remember people telling that Gagarin WAS KILLED BY KGB, bcse he used to behave nasty, drank heavy and damaged his reputation as a USSR 'hero'-

he was KILLED

[JohanOlsson]

@woodyaan yeah and I heard that he get hands on some of the governments secrets, and that's why they deployed a bomb in his plane!

[supertank7911]

@woodyaan FUCKIN KGB >:(

[zayman2007]

@woodyaan this is bullshhit.

[Biogem369]

@woodyaan if they killed him then it is certainly not the KGB. it could be a foreign intelligence service.

[3dkiller]

@Biogem369 i agree

[Skyjune13]

@woodyaan you think so?

[variezn34gm]

BTW Thanks RT. Russian aircraft are so fascinating to me.

[Postaldewd]

I understood it just fine.

[avi8r66]

Early jet engines such as these could shut down in flight due to abrubt throttle movements. Also, these engines were hard to restart in flight, because there was no starter motor. You used forward airspeed to spin the engine up. March, its cold, clouds are low. Icing probable which clogs the pitot system which means airspeed and altitude will read incorrectly. All adds up to unfortunate accident, with no incompetence or conspiracy required.

[Losuol]

@avi8r66 Very nice, good comment :)

[variezn34gm]

@avi8r66 perhaps an engine flameout and hypoxia ?

[TheJediCharles]

0:29

I never will understand the liberal-media tendency to not anglicize names of persons and places in an ENGLISH news report.

It's pretentious, elitist, pandering, cow-towing, and utterly efficient as no english speaker understood what the hell was said.

[colindhowell]

@TheJediCharles RT is a Russian TV network (it was previously called Russia Today). Even in an English news report, it would be understandable for them to use Russian pronunciations for Russian names. For all I know, it's a matter of policy for them. I do think it would better for them to display the name overlays at the same time they speak the name, so that an English viewer can better understand it. In any case, I wouldn't call this an example of typical Western media behavior.

[TheJediCharles]

@colindhowell

It doesn't make any sense that they "translate" every word into English with the exception of proper names. It doesn't matter if the listener is in Moscow or here. The report is in English. Period. If the person can't understand the name in english pronunciation despite listening to the rest of the report in english, it would seem you're making my point for me instead of yourself.

[mrrugburn911]

@TheJediCharles Just because it's a news report in English doesn't mean that the names have to be anglicized. The pronunciation in the video is correct... how it that pretentious or elitist? I understand that's it's hard to understand, but why get so worked up about it?

[TheJediCharles]

@mrrugburn911

What do you even mean it doesn't "have to be" anglicized? I'm befuddled as to why you don't understand this.

It's not CORRECT in English, it's "correct" in a different language, the fact it's their native language is irrelevant.

Would you defend an news report saying Deutschland instead of Germany? Nippon instead of Japan? How about المملكة العربية السعودية instead of... well, you get the point.

[mrrugburn911]

@TheJediCharles Look, I don't want to get into an argument. And I understand your point. I'm not disagreeing with it. I'm merely saying that they're pronouncing the names as is. In my mind, a names isn't necessarily a part of a language as your stated examples are. Names are much harder to anglicize on my opinion, and as such they don't "have to be" anglicized. It's a name... it's not necessary that a name be converted into English.

[TheJediCharles]

@mrrugburn911

Why don't you respond to my questions I closed with?

You're only repeating yourself. When you say "they're pronouncing the names as is" you're not addressing that "as is" is not the same in English as in Russian. It doesn't matter the manner in which Russians pronounce a proper name of Russian origin when speaking to an English audience. It's an "incomplete translation".

This isn't a matter of "necessary" or "need". It's a matter of effective communication vs. ineffective.

[mrrugburn911]

@TheJediCharles Again, I understand your point. But I wasn't trying to evade your questions. I just figured they were examples.

I'm American, but that doesn't mean that I want people to pronounce my name in an anglicized way. Sorry for pissing you off, but it was just my 2 cents worth. Happy New Year.

[TheJediCharles]

@mrrugburn911

1st, you are only capable of pissing yourself off, not me.

2nd, you keep thinking this is a matter of a "one way is the right way" of pronouncing proper names and it's the way of it's owner to decide and everyone else should do so even if it's language structure is alien, but I've shown you it is not that simple. Proper names and meaningful pronunciations of them change from language to language.

[TheJediCharles]

@mrrugburn911

Third. you say "you wouldn't mind" as if it's a matter of preference instead of comprehension. It doesn't matter if you're speaking of a person in the room or dead for 40 years; when you speak a proper name to a group of a different language, you structure it to their understanding. You're right, it's about respect, but not the person being discussed by pronouncing it natively, but for the ear of the listener expecting to understand.

[TheJediCharles]

@mrrugburn911

4th, changing the subject a bit, but is still on the matter of translating names, this might interest you. A while back, a NM motel owner Larry Whitten told his phone staff to Anglicize their names for the business calls. Of course, he became the subject of a massive liberal attack. Meanwhile, a CNN reporter Rick Sanchez was reporting to the studio who were openly berating Mr. Whitten, and Rick's comment shocked them on air.

Seek YouTUbe's "CNN's Rick Sanchez - Independent Thinker"

[TheJediCharles]

@mrrugburn911

5th, and yes, I was citing examples, but more than just so. I am asking you to answer this question, it's not rhetorical. Would you defend an news report in English saying Deutschland instead of Germany? Nippon instead of Japan? If you again do not answer that question, I will take it your lack of an answer is your answer thus reveal to me you haven't thought your position through but simply "touchy-feely" it out for the best multiculturalist, "please 'em all" vapid position.

[TheJediCharles]

@mrrugburn911

I'll repeat it for you.

Would you defend an news report in English saying Deutschland instead of Germany? Nippon instead of Japan? How about المملكة العربية السعودية instead of... well, you're the one who thinks it's okay to not effectively translate proper names. Can't you tell me المملكة العربية السعودية what is? It's "as is" for those nations, right?

Your "when in Rome" mindset does not apply here, much as you're not the only one who makes this irritating communication error.

[CelticBadBoyPoet7]

Why Hasn't Anyone Here Realized that U Can Travel too Outer Space, Without Ever :Leaving Your Couch...God Bless Dr. Timothy Leary...RIP Bro....The Last True American Patriot

[videouzleg]

He had hostile attitude towards the emperial diktator Leonid Breznev. So the diktator setup perfect murder it is exactly same setup operation as how CIA murdered Kennedy.

[MonkeyMagic88]

The way the Americans go on and on about their achievements in the cosmos you would think they were the first ones to enter space. We hardly hear about Yuri Gagarin !

[hatchi58]

Da it is Yuri Gagarin. So whose supersonic jet was it back in '62 I wonder?

[ChristiannaGarrett1]

Respect to him! You could at least spell his name correctly..

[MattKinMI]

Some were upset because the first man in space was a Russian, some were very happy because the first man in space was Russian. I am just happy that human beings got a human into space. Who cares what nationality it was? We are venturing into space, and endeavor that benefits all of mankind... so stop playing on our petty differences.

[Stovokor41]

Russians beat you American bastards into space. Hell the Russians even had a woman in space before America had anyone!

[DarthSchwartz]

@Stovokor41 also beat them to economic collapse. lol

[Stovokor41]

@DarthSchwartz Lol. Predictable. Always some butt hurt American responds immediately.

[DarthSchwartz]

@Stovokor41 Canadian. And neither USSR or USA would be anywhere in space without the Germans after WW2.

[Losuol]

@DarthSchwartz That's true, the V2 rocket was a huge step in achieving any space goals. But remember both the USSR and US were working on rocket projects of their own so this would've happen whether or not the German plans were revealed

[TroyGuitar11TV1]

@Stovokor41 i love it when people slander americans and im american(no sarcasm)

[MrViTopol]

@Stovokor41 yepp, amerigos butts are always hurt...

[onceANexile]

Maybe he had enemies...What did ciscero the younger say about the ladder of success?...

[ludmillapavlovna]

Some of the stock footage shows a P51, a World War II American prop fighter plane, which certainly wouldn't have been flying over USSR air space. :)

[spacemanspiffcumshot]

we shall build our beautiful brilliant android children in our own image! the robot in space robo-naut will pave the way for space cities in our solarsystem...we shall build the glorious starship named "sol invictus"

[spacemanspiffcumshot]

we should be building starships! (read read george dyson "project orion the atomic spaceship"...and eugene mallove "the starflight handbook") we shall send our glorious utopian fists of fire all along this spur arm of our galaxy! we future cyborgs will burn glorious with our beautiful starships!

[ufointerkosmosddr]

humanity must live in cities in space on moon mars and near earth asteroids! mine ceres and main asteroid belt and get helium-3 from the gas giants...make 1000s of death star generation starships in tha asteroid belt and head for alpha centauri and other yellow stars!...send out interstellar robot probes to recon many star systems! "ad astra!"

[6americanflagsonmoon]

all americans salute major yuri gagarin of vostok-1...may we all work together in space with roskosmos+nasa as interkosmos-usa...

[flippyflappy1]

What does that even mean??? Your the one lost for words that you resort to personal attacks and declaring a victory in what is suppused to be an open dialogue to exchange ideas (not a competition to win). If you did not have such a psychological infection as nationalism, you would not see things as an (us vs. them) all the time.

[jreed136]

@Pusher371 Wiki? You trust the Wiki? Not a troll? If you're not a troll then I'm going to stop talking to you right here. You're clearly insane.

Tell your family I am sorry for the burden you put on them.

Much love from America.

[jreed136]

@jreed136 No. I don't take wiki as canon. It can be edited by ANYONE. It's not a secure source of information.

[jreed136]

@Pusher371 LMFAO. You dirty troll. You almost got me.

[jreed136]

@Pusher371 "Always steal technology from Russia"

ROFL.

You are a very, very sad boy. :) Has your brain been washed well? I can still see some suds...

[flippyflappy1]

@Pusher371 Humans discovered the wheel, it was a trick question and you fell for it hook line and sinker. There are no records to show who, where, or comparison of timelines to have any conclusion to judge a coulture over another. You are truly infected with the ignorance.

As far as Love - you sound very bitter, angry, closed and defensive which I do not equate with Love. I say what you call love is more an obsession with Nationalism.

[MrViTopol]

@flippyflappy1 who invented ''fire necklace'' ? prize goes to the first winner !

[flippyflappy1]

@MrViTopol Is that the best you got in response? Pathetic, but a nice attempt at some humor to divert and cower from the logical arguement. 

[MrViTopol]

@flippyflappy1 logical argument ? where ? you ? are you putting me on ?!?!

[flippyflappy1]

@MrViTopol You are just as infected with nationalism as Pusher371. I noticed you wanted to throw your hat in the discussion because Pusher371 could not come up with a good response. Your response was weak.

[MrViTopol]

@flippyflappy1 obviously you're lost for words ! you got beaten fair/square !

[flippyflappy1]

@MrViTopol In your own mind and reality. You never made a point and only had diversion, and yet Pusher371 still has not responded to a history question that he so elequently answered.

[MrViTopol]

@flippyflappy1 <-- this hater is so bitter you're in danger of getting bitten by him !

[flippyflappy1]

@MrViTopol Unless of couarse your a Troll, and just looking to stir the pot.

[HABAKKUP]

Space is a waste of time and has no purpose for humanity!!..the coldness cannot support electronics..ships cannot survive asteroids..and flying debris..space is only good for satelites..its expensive and serves humanity no purpose..shut them down!

[jreed136]

@HABAKKUP Oh yeah, because Earth is going to be able to house all of us unto infinity. Space is the future. I'm sorry you're afraid of it.

[AmsterdamHeavy]

@HABAKKUP fucking Luddite, probably a desert savage as well but they come in all colors

[flippyflappy1]

@Pusher371 Your a little narrow minded when it comes to history - you seem to be infected with nationalism judging by you comments. Nationalism is a terrible psychological infection just like a form of mass hysteria that affects a persons rational and blinds the masses, and it appears you have it pretty bad.

Here is a quick test for you that might wake you up to history and how it is written, what country or people invented the wheel first?

[Andreucci26]

@Pusher371 no need for racism germans espically in the nazi era were extremely smart and still are. americans are the same very intelligent. as are all nations and no, no one "steals" technology they enhance it. they make changes to make it more effective no stealing

[qwertymanor]

@Andreucci26 yeah, you make enhancements, that's what science is all about.

[Andreucci26]

@qwertymanor no. science is about to many topics to type. but as far as taking planes tanks guns etc people are enhancing the weapons like look at the ak made by russians ok but then the americans made there own copy of it is it the same as the original i would think not seeing as to how it is all metal no wood and same for say this video russians made a rocket americans probally baqsed theres off of the russians i mean probally same thrusters etc but the ameicans command pod is different

[slobomotion]

As kids in the USA, we used to listen on radios to the cosmaunates screaming as they died up there. There are so many cemeteries in Russia for these people. I live near Cosmaunautes, a housing project outside Paris, France.

[narcoleptus]

That scrolling news text at the bottom of the screen is ludicrous, it looks good but is totally brainless! Like your supposed to follow the video and read the text at the same time. Remove the scrolling text, it's absurd, the text is constantly trying to pull one's attention from the video's that are usually very good.

[barbelotta]

The Russians steal the Germans projects, they make the jets with German Technology, the MIG-15 was made by Russians but with Germans project.

[S3Cs4uN8]

@barbelotta the yanks did the same

[barbelotta]

@S3Cs4uN8 americans and russians, both of them.

[bezplavok]

@barbelotta

In that case Germans have stolen the theory of space flights and Tsiolkovsky's rocket engines from Russia

( Vergeltungswaffe-2 )

[MrViTopol]

@barbelotta i love the way all americunts fail...

[gently5210]

Excelent show,it would be nice of RT to make some longer documentaries about the space exploration and notable people from it.For example Sergey Korolev.

[X97531X]

didn't know he died that way...nice report rt

[DackIsBack]

5:50 DO A BARREL ROLL!!

[MrViTopol]

@DackIsBack wanna win $ 100 ? answer this, - who invented ''FIRE NECKLACE'' ?

[alexnitrouz]

Very respected man!

[DackIsBack]

The music @ 00:00 - 00:38 Is an extract from Hans Zimmers - "Black Smoke"

I recognize it from my own collection, Wise choice RT, Wise Choice... ;p

Took me a few minutes to remember where I heard that lol.