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The First Man In Space Couldn’t Steer
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…
IamTonyStark1
October 23, 2023 at 5:28 pm
BALLS
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.
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 😂
Jake g
October 24, 2023 at 4:28 am
Wow, you really can just go on the internet and tell lies
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.
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
Live Free Or Die
October 24, 2023 at 9:17 pm
I call 🐂💩
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.