Enfin, il reçoit le titre de héros de l'Union Soviétique et devient membre d'honneur de l'académie internationale d'astronaute. [24][52], At about 7,000 metres (23,000 ft), Gagarin ejected from the descending capsule as planned and landed using a parachute. © 2021 BBC. You feel as if you are suspended", Gagarin wrote in his post-flight report. Enfin, l’homme s’était hissé au niveau de l’insecte et Youri Gagarine (Ю́рий Гага́рин) devenait un « Héros de l’Union soviétique », qu’on décora de l’ordre de Lénine avant de l’envoyer aux quatre coins du paradis communiste et dans le monde entier pour vanter le modèle. Youri Gagarine naît en 1934 à Klouchino, près de Gjatsk (oblast de Smolensk), dans le nord-ouest de la Russie. [136], In 2008, the Kontinental Hockey League named their championship trophy the Gagarin Cup. Mort à 34 ans. [9] During the German advance on Moscow, retreating Red Army soldiers seized the collective farm's livestock. [88] Petrov also said Gagarin had been baptised into the Russian Orthodox Church as a child, and a 2011 Foma magazine article quoted the rector of the Orthodox Church in Star City saying, "Gagarin baptized his elder daughter Yelena shortly before his space flight; and his family used to celebrate Christmas and Easter and keep icons in the house". Le premier homme dans l’espace perd la vie moins de 7 ans plus tard : le 27 mars 1968. The commission was tasked with ranking the candidates based on their mission readiness for the first human Vostok mission. On the land behind their house, the family was allowed to build a mud hut measuring approximately 3 by 3 metres (10 by 10 ft), where they spent 21 months until the end of the occupation. Other cities in the Soviet Union also held mass demonstrations, the scale of which were second only to the World War II Victory Parades. [18] After graduating in 1951 from both the seventh grade and the vocational school with honours in mouldmaking and foundry work,[18] he was selected for further training at the Industrial Technical School in Saratov, where he studied tractors. [14][19][79] They were married on 7 November of the same year,[14] the same day Gagarin graduated from his flight school, and they had two daughters. How a sulky Russian model became China's slacker icon. La première émanait du Su-15 qui volait à moins de 20 mètres du MiG-15 de Gagarine, qui en franchissant le mur du son a provoqué la vrille de l’avion du cosmonaute. Kamanin had opposed Gagarin's reassignment to cosmonaut training; he had gained weight and his flying skills had deteriorated. Fellow cosmonaut Alexey Leonov claims an "unauthorised" plane flew too close to Gagarin's fighter jet, sending it into a spin. Like. [104] On 15 April, the Soviet Academy of Sciences awarded him with the Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Gold Medal, named after the Russian pioneer of space aeronautics. [33] On the second day, they were given a written examination following which the special commission ranked Gagarin as the best candidate for the first mission. Gagarin enrolled in the programme in September 1960 and did not earn his specialist diploma until early 1968. Oh bah, ouais tu peux hein. OTTO la minute d'Art Contemporain, Xavier Veilhan, Le Gisant, Youri Gagarine. Le matin du 27 mars 1968, Gagarine et son instructeur de vol, Vladimir Seryogin, décollèrent pour une mission d'entraînement habituelle dans un jet biplace. [33] Gagarin and Titov were selected to train in the flight-ready spacecraft on 7 April. [37][38] Gagarin was also subjected to experiments that were designed to test physical and psychological endurance including oxygen starvation tests in which the cosmonauts were locked in an isolation chamber and the air slowly pumped out. [58][62] While in Manchester, despite heavy rain, he refused an umbrella, insisted that the roof of the convertible car he was riding in remain open, and stood so the cheering crowds could see him. It was a violation of the flight procedure," he told the television channel. Government officials said they saw no reason to begin a new investigation. [57], Gagarin gained a reputation as an adept public figure and was noted for his charismatic smile. A new work was commissioned following the outcry over the disproportionately small size of its head which locals said was an "insult" to Gagarin. 5:40 . En 1968, il est de nouveau autorisé à voler, à condition d’être accompagné. [66] The following year, he began to re-qualify as a fighter pilot[69] and was backup pilot for his friend Vladimir Komarov on the Soyuz 1 flight after five years without piloting duty. [53] There were concerns Gagarin's spaceflight record would not be certified by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), the world governing body for setting standards and keeping records in the field, which at the time required that the pilot land with the craft. He graduated from flight school the next day and was posted to the Luostari Air Base close to the Norwegian border in Murmansk Oblast for a two-year assignment with the Northern Fleet. Yuri was also part of a group of children that built model airplanes. Et il a eu du mérite hein, Youri Gaga Gagarine hein parce qu'on avait estimé le vol à cinquante pour cent de réussite. Au revoir, camarades“. He was temporarily relieved of duties to focus on academics with the promise that he would be able to resume flight training. Sur cette étonnante photo de 1965, l’astronaute russe Youri Gagarine (1ère homme dans l’espace en 1961, mort à 34 ans dans le crash de son Mig15) pose fièrement avec sa Djet devant l’obélisque de Titane érigé à Moscou sur l’Allée des Héros à la gloire des conquérants de l’espace ! 2:47. His sister Zoya, born in 1927, helped take care of "Yura" and their youngest brother Boris, born in 1936. [142] In 2013, the statue was moved to a permanent location outside the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. Ses parents travaillaient dans une ferme collective - Alexey Ivanovich Gagarine comme menuisier et Anna Timofeyevna Gagarina comme fermière laitière . 60 ans plus tard, son nom résonne encore en Russie et ailleurs.