yuri gagarin

  1. DBWI Yuri Gagarin was real?

    Everyone today knows the name of the first man to leave the Earth and journey into space. US Navy Commander Alan Shepard was launched into space on May the 5th 1961 aboard Freedom 7 which was the first manned mission of the Project Mercury programme. The name Alan Shepard is one of the most...

  2. Would the nickname "Columbus of the Cosmos" still goes to Gagarin if he was just first in orbit?

    Suppose that Alan Shepard became the first man in space in March 24th of 1961 but Yuri Gagarin overshadows him by being the first to go into orbit on April 12nd. Would the nicknames like "Columbus of the Cosmos" or "Columbus of the space age" still goes to Gagarin, or would he received other...
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