Yuri Gagarin's Blog by JOSHUA LOWENSTEIN https://padlet.com/12128441/Bookmarks en-us 2022-03-09 21:00:25 UTC 2026-03-15 20:26:57 UTC hello@padlet.com Before The Launch 12128441 https://padlet.com/12128441/Bookmarks/wish/2086933822 April 12, 1961
I'm relieved. I am confident and ready to be the first person ever in space. I was worried that I would be too nervous and back out of the mission. But I am ready. Or at least that is what I keep telling myself. Once I load into the space craft, I wait. Before lifting off, I say the Russian equivalent of "Lets Go". Once more, before take off, I think to myself: I'm ready!]]> 2022-03-09 21:11:07 UTC https://padlet.com/12128441/Bookmarks/wish/2086933822 During The Launch 12128441 https://padlet.com/12128441/Bookmarks/wish/2089146464 April 12, 1961
The rocket accelerates and before I know it, I'm shooting into the sky. I know that I will only be up in space for 108 minutes if all goes well, but I'm nervous. Even if it goes wrong, I tell myself, there is enough food and resources to survive for 10 days. I am making it to space with no issues. Also, I am going around the WHOLE earth. I'm quite excited to be the first person in space. ]]> 2022-03-10 20:48:02 UTC https://padlet.com/12128441/Bookmarks/wish/2089146464 Returning From The Launch 12128441 https://padlet.com/12128441/Bookmarks/wish/2089165063 April 12, 1961
Now everything was done in space it is just time to go home. The easy part, right? I just hope that my colleagues back down at Earth can bring me home safely. I'm about to start my descent, I'm getting nervous. I keep telling myself that my colleagues are the best at this. I look out the window and I see earth coming crashing back down. It is starting to get very hot in my spacecraft. I'm almost there but something doesn't feel right. Should I eject, I keep debating this for the next few seconds. Ultimately, I decide to eject. I land back down okay. I learn later that the cables didn't properly detach from the module. But I also soon learn that the Soviet Union will not tell anybody about the ejection because then it would not count as a successful space flight. They tell me I can't tell anybody about it, so I don't. ]]> 2022-03-10 21:03:34 UTC https://padlet.com/12128441/Bookmarks/wish/2089165063