Account of Gargarin's flight made on Apr 12 1961 with emphasis placed on re-entry accuracy, re-entry and landing, air brakes and parachutes; diagrams showing reconstruction of orbit, operation in 3 phases and tabulation of Soviet Space Program.


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    Title :

    Man's first orbit in space


    Additional title:

    Aeroplane Astronautics


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Aeroplane and Astronautics ; 100 , n 2583 ; p 435-438


    Publication date :

    1961


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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