Yuri Gagarin - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I have been the first among firsts and second to last place. I am a space traveller and always smile when thinking of you, sweet Earth. I was born near Moscow, Russia on March 9, 1934. I joined the Soviet Air Force in 1955 and began my cosmonaut training in 1959. This was back in the heyday of Communist Russia as a superpower. On April 12, 1961 I became the first human to orbit our sweet planet Earth. My spaceship was called Vostok 1 and I orbited Earth for 108 minutes at a speed of 27,400 kilometers per hour. It was crazy! Words fail to describe the experience of orbit and the views of our unique blue planet from outside of the low Earth's atmosphere. The reentry to Earth was very exhilerating but I had to eject and land by parachute in order to survive. I can only hope that my adventure back in the day will help to inspire future explorers and to expand the boundaries of human understanding of our beautiful galaxy.

My Interests

Guitar, Art, Drawing, Mid to Late 20th century Rock Music, Ecoadventures, Tennis, World Travel, Space Exploration & Airplanes.

I'd like to meet:

The Mars Explorer Team; the Stone Engineering Group creating the robot to explore Europa's sub-glacial ocean & rock & rollers everywhere.

Music:

Some favorites: Eric Johnson, Chili Peppers, Reverand Horton Heat, Tonic, Live, Collective Soul, 4-Non Blondes, Junior Brown, Hot Rod Lincoln and Space Daddy.

Television:

Science Channel, History Channel, Fuse.

Heroes:

Thomas Jefferson, Zinaida Serebryakova, Laika, Thomas Paine, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and Terry Bradshaw.

My Blog

The Juggler

Floating spheres now falling pleather (or perhaps finer vinyl) Cascade into a blithering motion of swirling rising surprises and Enticing arcing lows and flies Devolve from robotic machinations...
Posted by Yuri Gagarin on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 10:17:00 PST

Speed

Green blue light melting around the sides of your bubble-Wrapped in the explosion of an overpowering thrust to weight ratioDashing and dancing down the track of time turning you from the inside outAnd...
Posted by Yuri Gagarin on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:16:00 PST

The Cube

Peering down a grayish corridor clips clop, and averted gazes inspect the 8-inch tile work. Asbestos filled aerodromes diluted with the smell of burnt scrapings from mass burger injections create a sy...
Posted by Yuri Gagarin on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:07:00 PST

In the Morning

Jets land in reverse through the eye of an excited young girltaking her first ride while wishing she could take back the morning's breakfast.Snaps are pulled apart and trampling feettrottle throu...
Posted by Yuri Gagarin on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 09:11:00 PST