yuri gagarin

By mr. lanham

  • Birth

    Yuri Gagarin was born.

  • join space club

    Gagarin signed up at the Saratov Oblast Flying Club

  • first parachute jump

    First Parachute Jump

  • Drafted

    was drafted into the Soviet Army

  • sputnik lunched

    The Soviet Union launch SPUTNIK-1 into orbit

  • Graduates college

    graduates from Saratov Industrial Technical School

  • picked his crew out

    Cosmonaut crew selection

  • discussed space launch

    Plans for filming the First cosmonaut in space - discussed

  • flight authorized

    Vostok first manned spaceflight authorised.

  • training

    3 hours of training on Manual landing

  • comformation for the launch

    Gagarin confirmed for launch was going to be on 12/04/61

  • celebration dinner

    Gagarin attends a Celebratory Dinner at 19:00 UTC

  • time magazine

    Gagarin on the cover of Time Magazine

  • had parade fro him being the first man out of space

    Gagarin attends the May Day parade in Moscow

  • recives gold metal

    Gagarin is awarded the first British Interplanetary Society gold medal

  • dies

    Yuri carshed plane killing him and his instructor.