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Ground Control to Gagarin: Unknown Conversation Emerges

  • Yuri Gagarin, the first human being to fly into outer space

    Yuri Gagarin, the first human being to fly into outer space | Photo: AFP

Published 13 April 2016
Opinion

The Russian cosmonaut describes how a rainbow on Earth looks like from space.

On April 12, 1961, the Vostok 1 spacecraft, manned by Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, was launched at 9:07 a.m. local time from the Soviet Union. It orbited Earth once and landed at 10:55 a.m. He was the first human being in space and became an instant international hero.

Sputnik News released Tuesday unknown excerpts of a conversation between the cosmonaut and ground control on earth. Here are excerpts of the transcript:

Korolev: Jura, how are you? Receiving.

Gagarin: As I was taught. Everything's fine, everything's all right. Can you hear me alright? Receiving.

Korolev: There is lunch, dinner and breakfast in the tube.

Korolev: Sausage, dragees and jam for tea.

Korolev: 63 pieces, you'll become fat.

Gagarin: Ho-ho.

Korolev: You'll arrive today and eat it all at once.

Gagarin: No, the main thing is the sausage, goes with the brew.

Gagarin: Attention, I can see the Earth's horizon. It is such a beautiful aura. At first, there is a rainbow rising from the surface of the Earth, and then this rainbow goes down. Very beautiful, it has already gone behind the right window. I can see the stars through "Vzor", how the stars are moving. A very beautiful sight. I keep flying in the Earth's shadow. In the right window I am now watching a little star, it moves from the left to the right. The star is moving away, away, gone… Attention, attention. 10 hours 9 minutes 15 seconds. I've left the Earth's shadow. Through the right window and "Vzor" I can see the Sun appearing. The object is rotating. Obviously a solar system illuminator is working. Now I can see the Earth through "Vzor", I am watching the Earth, watching the Earth, flying over the sea. It is quite possible to determine the direction of the sea's movement. Now I'm moving with my right side, it is partly covered by clouds. The direction of the sea is determinable [one word is not clear].

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