[MediaMole]

The Russians have had a couple other landings hundreds of miles away from the planned landing spot. One was in 2008.

http://www.space.com/5262-space-station-astronauts-land-target-safely.html

The real scandal about Gagarin’s landing is that, apparently, he had to parachute out of the capsule by design. This would have disqualified him from some of the international flight awards and records because they require successful take off and landing IN the craft.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks MM.

[RightField]

The Russians have had a couple other landings hundreds of miles away from the planned landing spot. One was in 2008.

And we're scrapping the US space shuttle program so our astronauts can hitch a ride on Russian spacecraft?