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| − | '''Yuri Gagarin''' (1934-1968) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[cosmonaut]]. In 1961 he became the first human being to orbit the [[Earth]] on board of the [[Vostok 1]].<ref>[http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level1/gagarin.html NASA bio]</ref> Owing to the Soviet Union's militant atheism, he declared upon landing that "The Earth was Blue, but there was no God." | + | '''Yuri Gagarin''' (1934-1968) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[cosmonaut]]. In 1961 he became the first human being to orbit the [[Earth]] on board of the [[Vostok 1]].<ref>[http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level1/gagarin.html NASA bio]</ref> Owing to the Soviet Union's militant atheism, he declared upon landing that "The Earth was Blue, but there was no God."Some sources have said that Gagarin commented during his space flight, "I don't see any God up here," though no such words appear in the verbatim record of his conversations with Earth stations during the spaceflight.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cosmoworld.ru/spaceencyclopedia/gagarin/index.shtml?doc10.html |title=Полная стенограмма переговоров Юрия Гагарина с Землей с момента его посадки в корабль (за два часа до старта) до выхода корабля "Востока-1" из зоны радиоприема |website=Cosmoworld.ru |access-date=30 March 2008 |language=ru |trans-title=The complete transcript from the radio reception area of the communications of Yuri Gagarin with the Earth from the moment of his entering on the ship (two hours before the launch) until he exited the ''Vostok 1'' ship. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080320074240/http://www.cosmoworld.ru/spaceencyclopedia/gagarin/index.shtml?doc10.html |archive-date=20 March 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> In a 2006 interview, Gagarin's friend Colonel Valentin Petrov stated that Gagarin never said these words and that the quote originated from Khrushchev's speech at the plenum of the [[Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Central Committee of the CPSU]] about the state's [[USSR anti-religious campaign (1958–1964)|anti-religion campaign]], saying "Gagarin flew into space, but didn't see any god there".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=interview&div=24 |title=I am proud to be accused of having introduced Yury Gagarin to Orthodoxy |website=Interfax-religion.com |date=12 April 2006 |access-date=30 March 2008 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130521230555/http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=interview&div=24 |archive-date=21 May 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> Petrov also said Gagarin had been baptised into the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] as a child, and a 2011 ''Foma'' magazine article quoted the rector of the Orthodox Church in Star City saying, "Gagarin baptized his elder daughter Yelena shortly before his space flight; and his family used to celebrate Christmas and Easter and keep icons in the house".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=8361 |title=Gagarin's family celebrated Easter and Christmas, Korolev used to pray and confess |website=Interfax-religion.com |date=11 April 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130521231326/http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=8361 |archive-date=21 May 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968) was a Soviet cosmonaut. In 1961 he became the first human being to orbit the Earth on board of the Vostok 1.[1] Owing to the Soviet Union's militant atheism, he declared upon landing that "The Earth was Blue, but there was no God."Some sources have said that Gagarin commented during his space flight, "I don't see any God up here," though no such words appear in the verbatim record of his conversations with Earth stations during the spaceflight.[2] In a 2006 interview, Gagarin's friend Colonel Valentin Petrov stated that Gagarin never said these words and that the quote originated from Khrushchev's speech at the plenum of the Central Committee of the CPSU about the state's anti-religion campaign, saying "Gagarin flew into space, but didn't see any god there".[3] Petrov also said Gagarin had been baptised into the Russian Orthodox Church as a child, and a 2011 Foma magazine article quoted the rector of the Orthodox Church in Star City saying, "Gagarin baptized his elder daughter Yelena shortly before his space flight; and his family used to celebrate Christmas and Easter and keep icons in the house".[4]
References
- ↑ NASA bio
- ↑ Полная стенограмма переговоров Юрия Гагарина с Землей с момента его посадки в корабль (за два часа до старта) до выхода корабля "Востока-1" из зоны радиоприема (ru).
- ↑ I am proud to be accused of having introduced Yury Gagarin to Orthodoxy (12 April 2006).
- ↑ Gagarin's family celebrated Easter and Christmas, Korolev used to pray and confess (11 April 2011).