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Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first human in outer space—but only with an emergency override could he manually control his ship, Vostok 1. Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► Listen to the Get WIRED podcast ►► Want more WIRED? Get the magazine ►► Follow WIRED: Instagram ►► Twitter ►► Facebook ►► Tik…

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Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first human in outer space—but only with an emergency override could he manually control his ship, Vostok 1.

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  1. IamTonyStark1

    October 23, 2023 at 5:28 pm

    BALLS

  2. solala

    October 23, 2023 at 6:47 pm

    USSR 💪

    • saltycrunch

      October 24, 2023 at 1:01 pm

      A colossal mistake best left in the garbage bin of history.

    • solala

      October 24, 2023 at 1:52 pm

      @saltycrunch generalizing much

    • saltycrunch

      October 24, 2023 at 2:05 pm

      @solala No. I can’t imagine how much of a loser someone has to be to simp for the USSR in 2023.

    • Deprogram Clips

      October 25, 2023 at 11:55 am

      @saltycrunchnah that’s the US

    • saltycrunch

      October 25, 2023 at 12:04 pm

      @Deprogram Clips Unlike the failed USSR, the US still exists.

    • Deprogram Clips

      October 25, 2023 at 12:24 pm

      @saltycrunch it still exists like a tumor on the developing world

    • Diegoide

      October 25, 2023 at 4:53 pm

      @saltycrunch It doesn’t exist because of US intervention, in fact, communism itself doesn’t really exist anymore because of US intervention

    • saltycrunch

      October 25, 2023 at 5:06 pm

      @Diegoide thank god.

  3. Evgeny Kram

    October 24, 2023 at 2:51 am

    Lol. It is all about defection, not about panicking and taking manual control only to make it worse 😂

  4. Jake g

    October 24, 2023 at 4:28 am

    Wow, you really can just go on the internet and tell lies

  5. Tommy Preludio

    October 24, 2023 at 11:11 am

    Yuri Gagarin didn’t drink or smoke, and trained all his life, in order to spend 108 minutes outside the USSR.

  6. saltycrunch

    October 24, 2023 at 1:00 pm

    A country that doesn’t allow citizens to leave is just a prison.

    • DoomerDog

      October 27, 2023 at 3:42 pm

      I wonder about another place like that, hmm

  7. Live Free Or Die

    October 24, 2023 at 9:17 pm

    I call 🐂💩

  8. Andrew Seaton

    October 25, 2023 at 7:23 am

    Because the Soviet caplules returned on land, instead of water splashdowns like US capsules, the Soviet capsules had last second retro rockets that fired just before landing to slow them down. However, in the first few landings, they hadn’t worked out the kinks in the retro system,. So, at a few thousand feet, they fired an ejection seat and Gagarin landed via parachute. This was a big secret until quite recently, because according to the International Aeronauticsl rules, the “pilot” had to take off and land in this air/space craft for the flight to “officially” count.

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