Indians For Guns

Today is the 50th anniversary of the first manned space flight. On April 12th 1961, Russian Astronaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to enter outer space.
While space flight may seem commonplace now, one must remember that it everything about it was unknown at the time.
It took a lot of courage for the first astronauts to face that unknown.


Yuri Gagarin



Yuri Gagarin's life in pictures

NASA pays homage to Yuri

xl_target wrote: It took a lot of courage for the first astronauts to face that unknown.

Those guys had already sent a canine and an ape before him.
A great achievement for mankind.
Very brave indeed............but on second thought
in communist CCCP, I doubt if he ever had a choice .
Lovely article and snaps XL.
Never knew he died so young. (at the age of 34).

"Lives of great men all remind us .
(that)We make our lives sublime.
and when departing ,
leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of Time."........................
in memory of an immortal soul.