Word: spaceman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Marti airport, a waiting crowd of Cubans cheered and youthful armed militiamen saluted. But the cheers died abruptly when the big "Eastern Air Lines" markings became clear and the pistol-packing waiter climbed out. The exuberant crowd had been waiting for an entirely different visitor-Soviet Spaceman Yuri Gagarin...
...Communizing the country. The only real surprise of the week was the hijacked Eastern Air Lines Electra that landed unexpectedly (the Cubans seemed as surprised as the passengers) at Havana's José Marti Airport. Just as unexpected was a cloudburst that accompanied the star visitor, Soviet Spaceman Yuri Gagarin, into Cuba. The rain soaked Gagarin, ruined his beautiful white uniform, and left the militia road guard standing unhappily at attention knee-deep in water...
...week's end the spaceman's boyish smile and unfailing modesty had conquered all Britain. Queen Elizabeth had him for lunch at Buckingham Palace, seating him in the place of honor on her right; Macmillan invited him to Admiralty House, after 20 minutes with Yuri pronounced him "a delightful fellow." A 23-year-old British nurse ambushed Yuri as he emerged from the Russian embassy, flung her arms around his neck for a solid kiss, proclaimed him "the most kissable man in the universe." Headline the Daily Mail: MAKE HIM SIR YURI...
When farm-bred Soviet Spaceman Yuri Gagarin departed Moscow shortly after his successful orbit for a triumphal trek through Czechoslovakia, a West German wire service marveled: "It's Gagarin's first trip abroad." By last week, three months and several countries later, the newly cosmopolitan cosmonaut had polished his terrestrial technique, suavely met his Finnish public in a preview of this week's speechifying appearance at the Soviet Trade Fair in London...
Heart & Temperature. The U.S. kept no secrets about its first spaceman. For hours, scientists, engineers and doctors went over masses of intricate detail. The complicated Mercury capsule was described completely. Experts explained the instruments that kept track of all Commander Shepard's reactions to space flight. A group of physicians reported on the astronaut's physical condition before the flight and after: his temperature was slightly higher after landing, and his heart was beating a little faster than normal. A broken toenail and a small patch of sunburn were noted as preflight lesions...