Yury Gagarin
On April 12,
1961, Yury Gagarin made history by being the first human to
orbit the earth.
As a precaution,
engineers at the Soviet Academy of Sciences had an onboard
computer, as well as mission control steer the craft, "Vostok
1". They did this because the feared that being in the
weightlessness of space, you might be disabled or not be able to
move very much. He wouldn't need any food for his single orbit
trip, but scientists wanted to know if he could eat in the
weightlessness of space.
Before Gagarin
climbed aboard the rocket, he made a speech. His speech said
things such as how beautiful a moment this was, to go into
space. He was glad to, "meet nature face to face, in an
unprecedented encounter."
As Gagarins
rocket accelerated towards space, it reached a peak of 5 g's,
meaning Gagarin felt five times heavier that his normal weight.
As Gagarin passed
through the lower atmosphere, the nose pointed canopy separated,
exposing the "Vostok 1" capsule, allowing Gagarin to see the
dark blue sky turn into a black space as he was shot into orbit,
around the earth.
14 minutes after
liftoff, Gagarin reported," Separation
from the carrier rocket completed" Gagarin tested his food and
water samples. He reported no side effects to the
weightlessness. As Gagarin passed over the Atlantic, he thought
of his mother and how she would react to the news of the first
space flight... especially since her son was the one up there
flying it. She was unaware about Gagarin being involved in space
exploration until the news broke.
At about 10:15 a.
m., just after Gagarin started passing over Africa, the
autopilot turned "Vostok 1" around and fired the rocket, which
would take Vostok 1 out of orbit. This was a very suspenseful
and nervous time for Yury Gagarin and mission control, for two
out of the five test flights, the rockets did not fire correctly
and the flights ended in failure.
Luckily, this
time, it worked correctly and Vostok 1 came out of orbit and was
slowed down by 350 miles per hour. As the capsule came out of
orbit, the equipment section was dropped, because it was no
longer needed. Now all that was left of the 125-ft. rocket,
launched just over an hour ago, was a 7 1/2-ft diameter capsule.
As it fell 17,000 mph. towards earth, Gagarin experienced 10 gs,
and felt like a 1,500-pound brick falling from the sky.
With a flight
time of about 1 hour and 48 min., Gagarin landed safely in
Siberia.
Years later,
Gagarin was tragically killed in a test plane crash.
Юрий Гагарин
12 апреля 1961 года Юрий Гагарин
вошел в историю, став первым человеком, который облетел вокруг
Земли.
Инженеры Советской Академии Наук с
помощью бортового компьютера управляли космическим кораблем
«Восток 1» из Центра управления полетом. Это делалось из-за
опасений, что в состоянии космической невесомости человек может
потерять способность двигаться или вовсе не сможет двигаться.
Для полета ему не нужна была пища, но ученые хотели знать,
сможет ли он питаться в состоянии невесомости в космосе.
Перед полетом Гагарин произнес речь.
В ней говорилось, как прекрасно, что у него есть возможность
полететь в космос. Он был рад «встретиться с глазу на глаз с
природой» во время полета.
По мере того, как ракета Гагарина
поднималась все выше в космос, перегрузка достигла высшего
значения в 5g, что означало, что Гагарин чувствовал себя в пять
раз тяжелее, чем на Земле.
Когда Гагарин прошел нижний слой
атмосферы, отделилась защита носовой части, раскрывая
герметическую кабину «Востока 1». Гагарин увидел темное синее
небо, которое стало черным космическим пространством, когда
корабль вышел на орбиту Земли.
Через 14 минут после старта Гагарин
доложил: «Отделение от ракеты-носителя завершено». Гагарин
попробовал образцы пищи и воды. Он доложил об отсутствии
побочных эффектов на организм в состоянии невесомости. Когда
Гагарин пролетал над Атлантическим океаном, он подумал о своей
матери и о том, как она воспримет новость о первом космическом
полете, который осуществлял ее сын. Она не знала о том, что
Гагарин занимается космическими исследованиями, пока об этом не
сообщили в новостях.
Около 10:15 утра, тогда, когда
Гагарин пролетал над Африкой, автопилот развернул «Восток 1» и
выпустил ракету, которая должна была вывести «Восток 1» с
орбиты. Это были очень напряженные минуты в жизни Юрия Гагарина
и всех ученых в центре управления полетом, потому что в двух из
пяти полетов ракета вылетала неправильно, и полеты заканчивались
катастрофой.
К счастью, в этот раз все сработало
правильно: «Восток 1» сошел с орбиты и уменьшил скорость на 350
миль в час. Когда ракета сошла с орбиты, секция с оборудованием
была отброшена, потому что в ней больше не было необходимости.
Теперь от ракеты высотой 125 футов, запущенной около часа назад,
осталась только капсула диаметром 7 1/2 фута. Когда она
спускалась со скоростью 17 000 миль в час в направлении Земли,
Гагарин испытывал перегрузку в 10g и чувствовал себя
1500-фунтовым кирпичом, который падает с неба.
После полета, который длился 1 час
48 минут, Гагарин благополучно приземлился в Сибири.
Через несколько лет Гагарин
трагически погиб во время испытания самолета.
II ВАРИАНТ
On April 12, 1961, Yury Gagarin made history by being the first human to
orbit the earth.
As a precaution, engineers at the Soviet Academy of Sciences had
an onboard computer, as well as mission control steer the craft, "Vostok
1". They did this because the feared that being in the weightlessness
of space, you might be disabled or not be able to move very much. He
wouldn't need any food for his single orbit trip, but scientists wanted
to know if he could eat in the weightlessness of space.
Before Gagarin climbed aboard the rocket, he made a speech. His
speech said things such as how beautiful a moment this was, to go into
space. He was glad to, "meet nature face to face, in an unprecedented
encounter."
As Gagarin’s rocket accelerated towards space, it reached a peak
of 5 g's, meaning Gagarin felt five times heavier that his normal
weight.
As Gagarin passed through the lower atmosphere, the nose pointed canopy
separated, exposing the "Vostok 1" capsule, allowing Gagarin to see the
dark blue sky turn into a black space as he was shot into orbit, around
the earth.
14 minutes after liftoff, Gagarin reported," Separation from the
carrier rocket completed" Gagarin tested his food and water samples. He
reported no side effects to the weightlessness. As Gagarin passed over
the Atlantic, he thought of his mother and how she would react to the
news of the first space flight... especially since her son was the one
up there flying it. She was unaware about Gagarin being involved in
space exploration until the news broke.
At about 10:15 a. m., just after Gagarin started passing over
Africa, the autopilot turned "Vostok 1" around and fired the rocket,
which would take Vostok 1 out of orbit. This was a very suspenseful and
nervous time for Yury Gagarin and mission control, for two out of the
five test flights, the rockets did not fire correctly and the flights
ended in failure.
Luckily, this time, it worked correctly and Vostok 1 came out of
orbit and was slowed down by 350 miles per hour. As the capsule came out
of orbit, the equipment section was dropped, because it was no longer
needed. Now all that was left of the 125-ft. rocket, launched just over
an hour ago, was a 7 1/2-ft diameter capsule. As it fell 17,000 mph.
towards earth, Gagarin experienced 10Gs, and felt like a 1,500-pound
brick falling from the sky.
With a flight time of about 1 hour and 48 min, Gagarin landed safely in
Siberia.
Years later, Gagarin tragically died in a test plane crash.
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