Gagarin

Говорит Москва This is Moscow This is Moscow calling On the 12th of April, the Soviet Union orbited a spaceship around the Earth with a man on board The astronaut is a Soviet citizen: Major Gagarin, Yuri Alekseevich (Gagarin, Yuri Alekseevich) The world's first cosmonaut The first to open the door into the unknown The first to step over the threshold of our homeland (Gagarin, Yuri Alekseevich) The whole planet knew him and loved him Gagarin Was it hazardous? Yes, it was The first strides into the unknown were about to be made (Gagarin, Yuri Alekseevich) The hero who blazed the trail for the stars Every one of us was with Yuri Gagarin as he orbited the Earth 190 miles above us Astronaut to Earth: I can see forests, rivers, cumulus clouds all around Everything's so beautiful, it's wonderful, it's wonderful The whole planet knew him and loved him Gagarin