Dongfang-1 is the primary task of the Oriental Plan and the first manned space mission. In April, 196 1 was launched, and yuri gagarin became the first man to go into outer space and the first man to go into earth orbit. Dongfang-1 was designed by Sergei korolev and Kerim Alievici kerimov.

Gagarin's spaceship will orbit the earth once every 108 minutes. Ground controllers need 25 minutes after launch to confirm that the spacecraft has entered a stable orbit. On the way back, 7 kilometers above the ground, Dongfang-1 will eject him, and the spacecraft and astronauts have their own parachutes.

The reason for landing separately is that the parachute of the spacecraft will bring danger to the astronauts. Finally, he returned to the ground safely. The attitude control of the spacecraft is controlled by an automatic system.

Dongfang-1 launch feat

1961April 12, Soviet astronaut yuri gagarin completed a feat in the history of human space and flew into space for the first time. Gagarin set sail from the Baikonur launch site on the "Oriental 1" spacecraft and flew around the earth for 108 minutes, and finally landed successfully in Saratov.

1968 On March 27th, Gagarin and flight instructor Serekin were killed in a routine training flight. To commemorate Gagarin's feat of going into space for the first time, Russia designated 12 in April every year as the Space Festival, and held a grand commemorative event on this day to remember this hero.

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The above content refers to People's Daily Online-Russia Celebrates Space Festival? In memory of the first human astronaut Gagarin.