On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the first manned space flight, the RF Ministry of Defense published unique archival materials about the first cosmonauts of the USSR. The information is presented in a special multimedia project “Earth Orbits of the Conquerors of Space” on the Internet portal of the military department.
So, Alexei Leonov was an excellent student, and Yuri Gagarin had fours in higher mathematics, English and physics.
Among the published documents are the personal files of the Air Force officers who were the first to conquer space: Yuri Gagarin, German Titov, Alexei Leonov and other cosmonauts.
In particular, there are cosmonaut certificate No. 1, a flight task for the first space flight and a combat crew to ensure the launch of a spacecraft, personal files, record books, service characteristics, award sheets, photographs of preparation for flights and trainings, seeing off and warm welcomes.
Let us remind you that April 12 is a significant date for Russia and the whole world. It was on this day in 1961 that cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in history to conquer space. Earlier, the site kp.ru wrote about what Gagarin received after his legendary flight. According to the order of the USSR Council of Ministers, after the USSR pilot-cosmonaut Major Gagarin was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, he and his family members were presented with: “Volga car, residential building, furniture and equipment according to the appendix.” Also in honor of the space flight, the USSR Ministry of Defense gave him a four-room apartment.
