What is remarkable about Gagarin's biography? What were the call letters from Gagarin?

Every schoolboy knows who was the first person to find himself in space, but there are hardly many people who know what callsigns Gagarin had, or why this particular cosmonaut was chosen for such an important role.

Why Yuri Gagarin?

It is obvious that the choice of the person who first makes a flight into space was long and difficult. Among the applicants were two dozen pilots, who, however, were not considered the best pilots in the country. Since the future cosmonaut chose Korolev himself, he primarily paid attention to such indicators as growth and weight, since the dimensions of the first spacecraft were very modest. One more condition was belonging to the CPSU.

The preparation of the first flight was complicated by the fact that the Soviet Union was to outstrip America. Those who were fortunate to be the first to go into space were chosen at the last moment. They were Yuri Gagarin and his backup German Titov, Gagarin's call sign during the flight was "Cedar", and his partner - "Eagle".

Flight

The launch took place on April 12, 1961, the Vostok spacecraft departed from the Baikonur cosmodrome. After completing one revolution around the Earth, the ship completed its flight, after which the space callign of Gagarin, however, like the cosmonaut himself, became famous throughout the world.

As the braking system failed, the apparatus with the new world hero landed not in a prepared place in advance - 110 km from Stalingrad, and next to Engels, in the village of Smelovka. He landed where hardly any such valuable guest was expected, and it is unlikely that one of the locals knew what Gagarin's call sign was.

Meeting of the cosmonaut

Since Gagarin landed in an uninhabited area, the first whom he met was the wife of a forester and granddaughter. A little later the military arrived to the scene of events, who took the descent vehicle under guard and drove the cosmonaut to the nearest part. Already being in the unit, Gagarin handed the commander of the division a message in which he said that the flight was successful and that it was intact and intact.

At the same time, a helicopter went from the airport in Engels to find and take on board Gagarin. They did not catch the cosmonaut on the landing site, but local residents informed them that he had gone to Engels by truck. On the way to the city the pilot saw Gagarin waving his arms and picked him up to go to the airport together.

At the Engel airfield, he was already expecting that he could go to the base, report on his successful work, and that from that moment on the whole world learned what callsigns Gagarin had during the first flight into space. On the spot he received a congratulatory telegram from the government of the Soviet Union. In the control room, and then in the headquarters of the base of Yuri Gagarin, the world-famous cosmonaut, was taken to the Victory so that he could report to Moscow about the results of his work.

Report

Soon two airplanes appeared on the airfield in Engels, on board of which came the deputy commander of the Air Force and a team of journalists. While the dispatchers were establishing contact with Moscow, Gagarin talked with reporters and took pictures. As soon as the contact was established, Yuri Gagarin personally informed Khrushchev and Brezhnev that the flight was successful.

Interesting Facts

• Before the "East" went into space, TASS representatives prepared three messages at once. The first was in case the flight was successful, the second - if the ship landed not in the territory of the USSR, and the third - about the death of the pilot and an unsuccessful flight. Fortunately, only the first was useful.
• As a bonus, Gagarin received the Volga with a nominal number that contained the date of flight and the initials of the cosmonaut 12-04 SAG.
• After the death of the Queen Gagarin proposed to bury him on the moon.
• In the Soviet Union, every child knew what Gagarin's callsigns were.
• Since the flight of the "East" was on autopilot, in fact Gagarin was an observer, who would have to take over the management in case of failure of the control system.
• One of the craters on the moon is named after Gagarin.
• Gagarin's famous expression "Well, let's go!" Is a quote taken from one of the heroes of Dickens.

The fact that the first manned space flight took place in the Soviet Union became very important for strengthening the position of the USSR in the international arena. Moreover, not only the USSR, but also the cosmonaut himself, who became famous throughout the world, benefited from this, and the representative of any continent and nationality learned what callsigns Gagarin had.