Man in Space: 41 years today.
1 posted on
04/12/2002 9:50:44 AM PDT by
B-Chan
To: B-Chan
ad astra bump... I'm going to listen to Rush's
Countdown on the road home from work tonight.
To: B-Chan
Gagarin is a hero, no doubt, but I would like to add that the first space traveler was a dog named Laika. There is a memorial Web Page for her.
She was one of mans best friends sent to view the heavens to make our way safe. She returned to earth a shooting star.
Buck.
4 posted on
04/12/2002 4:42:54 PM PDT by
elbucko
To: longshadow; PatrickHenry; Physicist; ThinkPlease; blam; Sabertooth; boris; VadeRetro; Stultis...
History ping for the first reported human astronaut to those on RadioAstronomer's list.
5 posted on
04/13/2002 8:41:52 AM PDT by
Scully
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