Ebook: Yuri Gagarin: a biography

Man Among the Stars -An Introduction; "A Simple Peasant"- Background and Upbringing; A Single Orbit of Earth -- Accomplishments and Awards; Starman on Earth -- His Personal Life; Public Statements and Attributed Quotes; Trivia and Facts; Poyekhali! 50 Years Later; Sources; Additional Reading; About The Author; About the Publisher; Other Awesome Books.;On a clear, quiet day in April, 1961, two schoolgirls in Russia's Saratov region looked into the sky and saw a huge, glowing ball hurtling towards the earth. Five tons of charred steel hit the ground, bounced, then fell again, leaving a huge smoking crater in the plains. Two kilometers away, a peasant farmer and her daughter were frozen to the spot, staring at a bright orange figure with a large, round white head and a huge cape striding towards them. The terrified farmer and her daughter turned to run. Then the figure cried out, not in a space language, but native Russian, "Don't be afraid!