Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Experience the first spaceflight


Imagine being the only human to know what the Earth looks like from space. Fifty years ago, the secret belonged to astronaut Yuri Gargarin when he became the first human to travel into outer space. Although there are audio recordings that document his journey, little footage exists and people were dying to know what he saw from his spaceship.

Now filmmaker Christopher Riley has recreated Gargarin's voyage in a movie called First Orbit to mark its 50th anniversary.
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