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...scientists little that they had not already calculated for themselves. The same was true of Titov's revelation that, against instructions, he left the Vostok II's portholes uncovered during re-entry and saw flame and molten material from the heat shield wash over them. His predecessor, Yuri Gagarin, had done the same thing. Titov also disclosed, not very informatively, that he had controlled his craft himself during two of his 17 orbits...
Born. To Aleksandr Revkov, 35, Russian oil technician, and Aleksandra Revkov, 35: triplet sons; in Guryev, Kazakhstan, U.S.S.R. Names: Yuri, Gherman and John...
...whole U.S. was wondering, and so, apparently, were some Russians. "He must have nerves of steel," said Soviet Air Force Colonel B. A. Aristov, who was touring Greece with Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. "I hope he stands the strain. It must be a terrible ordeal...
...Soviet's annual New Year's bash in the Kremlin, convivial Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, 27, buttonholed the ornament of the U.S. embassy, vivacious Jane Thompson, 41, and proposed, "How would you like to go into orbit with me?" Responded the lissome wife of Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson: "Why, I'd be frightened to death. Besides," she added smoothly, "I'm not in training...
...Laos did not diminish Jack Kennedy's self-confidence. Neither did the space flight of Russia's Yuri Gagarin. To that, Kennedy reacted in a manner characteristic of his first months in the White House. First he called in his space experts, demanded that they come up with