Yuri Gagarin: 108 minutes that changed the world

The whole world fell in love with Yury Gagarin minutes after he landed back on Earth. The man with the legendary smile, the first man in space would have been celebrating his 75th birthday on March 9.

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[TheTimasia]

ПОЗДРАВЛЕНИЯ ВСЕМ В МИРЕ С ДНЕМ КОСМОНАВТИКИ, С 50- ЛЕТИЕМ ПЕРВОГО ПОЛЕТА!!! УРА!!!

[LarS1963]

I can't believe the level of ignorance and immaturity I see in the comments here.

Keep your bloody nationalistic crap to yourselves, and instead celebrate the first human being to reach space!

A belated Happy Birthday, Yuri, and it is a shame you are not here anymore.

[ttwilkable]

some really good stuff here

[afg96]

@leptismagna10 I'm a man of science and religion! My mom is a doctor and many of my relatives come from scientific background! Science itself isn't a fact! It is a philosophy like religion did you know that? And by the way Science was created by Muslim specially Astronomy, Algebra, Chemistry, and Medical Science. Also Issic Newton believed in God and so did Albert Einstein Planck Leonardo Da Vinci too. There is only ONE God! Not gods! Theories don't have evidence either that is why they r theory

[leptismagna10]

@afg96 whether or not Yuri Gagarin had faith in gods is of no interest to anyone, least of all scientists and astronomers.

What is interesting is what he FOUND up there, and he found NO EVIDENCE for gods.

You can have all the faith in the world in your god, but without any evidence, your faith means absolutely nothing.

[leptismagna10]

@afg96 so what do you think changed Yuri's opinion? I don't think he witnessed anything supernatural, or found any proof for gods.

Only the natural universe is up there, no invisible magic men, and if you have faith, well sorry to break it to you but faith is NOT a scientific fact. You can have faith in just about anything, faith is cheap.

His religious "opinion" is probably a story invented by the Russian Orthodox Church, which is more corrupt and full of lies than the Communists!

[afg96]

@leptismagna10 I'm sorry but your intellect is similar to a toddler! I never said that Yuri talked to God! I only said what was a fact writing in many independent articles. I live in Russia! People there believe that something changed Yuri's opinion on life! He never spoke of it, but just said one simple thing "There is God up there" If you go to early archives you might find this out. I believe the National Library of Congress in Washington DC should have some old documents in there!

[EdwardTheTechGeek]

Long live Yuri Gagarin!

[leptismagna10]

@afg96 haha, i don't think so. The god was not up there i'm afraid, and he did not talk to yuri. don't make stuff up.

[Zandonus]

I honor what you did, Yuri. If i had a glass of vodka with me right here, I would drink it in honor to you. But right now I simply have these words to say. :) Thank you! Happy New Year, Yuri Gagarin!

[BusinessKi11ER]

USA wasn't the first to the moon, nutjobs. Russia was, USA sent the first MAN to the moon!

[afg96]

After Yuri Gagarin came back to Soviet Russia, he started express his religious views more openly, and said that there must be God, so the KGB and the atheistic communist government had conspired to kill him. His airplane crash that caused him to die was not an ordinary crash. Ask any Russian now and they will tell you! I used to live in Russia. Yuri Gagarin was the world's best aircraft pilot, the accident report just doesn't add up. Rest in Peace Youri Gagarin.