"I see earth. It's so beautiful!"

These are the first words spoken by a man in space, Yuri Gagarin, from Vostock 1 on 12th April 1961.

As Mr BRE is off in Manchester and not able to blip, I have deleted (ha) my entry for today to put this up for him.


"On the 12th of April, 1961, the Soviet spaceship-sputnik was put in orbit around the Earth with me on board" "...there was a good view of the Earth which had a very distinct and pretty blue halo. It had a smooth transition from pale blue, blue, dark blue, violet and absolutely black. It was a magnificent picture."