Introduction
00:13 On-screen text APRIL 12TH 1961 Yuri Gagarin is about to see what no other person has seen in the history of humanity... 00:22 the Earth from space. 00:28 before boarding his spacecraft he records a message for the people of the world.
A message before launch
00:35 Yuri Gagarin Dear friends, known and unknown to me, my dear compatriots and all people of the world. 00:42 In the next few minutes a mighty spaceship will carry me off into the distant spaces of the universe. 00:50 what can I say to you during these last minutes before the start? All my life now appears as a single beautiful moment to me. 01:00 All I have done and lived for has been done and lived for for this moment.
Lift-off and first calls
02:18 Yuri Gagarin Let's Go!...
Lift-off and first calls
02:44 Yuri Gagarin DAWN this is CEDAR I'm feeling great, I'm continuing the flight. The G forces are slowly increasing. 02:51 Sergei Korolev Wishing you a good flight. 02:53 This is DAWN-1. Wishing you a good flight. Everything is normal. 02:58 Yuri Gagarin Thank you. goodbye. See you soon dear friend. Goodbye, see you soon.
Ascent and views of Earth
03:10 Yuri Gagarin DAWN-1, this is CEDAR. The shroud separation has happened. 03:17 Through the window I see the earth. The ground is clearly discernible.
Ascent and views of Earth
03:53 Sergei Korolev CEDAR this is DAWN 1, all is OK, the spacecraft is flying well. Over. 03:58 Yuri Gagarin Understood. I see rivers and folds in the terrain. They are easily distinguishable. 04:05 The visibility is good. Everything is so clear through the "Vzor" (Window). Over. 04:19 Sergei Korolev CEDAR this is DAWN 1, everything is normal. 04:25 Yuri Gagarin Understood. Reporting: I see Earth, the visibility is excellent. 04:29 Visibility is good. Over.
Ascent and views of Earth
05:06 Sergei Korolev CEDAR this is DAWN. How are you feeling? This is DAWN. Over. 05:11 Yuri Gagarin DAWN this is CEDAR, my condition is excellent. I'm continuing the flight. 05:15 The G forces are slightly increasing. Vibration. I can tolerate everything well. 05:21 My condition is excellent. I feel alert. In the "Vzor" (window) I am watching the Earth 05:26 I can distinguish folds in the terrain... Snow... forest... 05:31 I'm feeling great. How are things going with you? Over. 05:48 Radio Moscow Here is our special news. 05:53 Today, the 12th April 1961. 05:59 The first cosmic spaceship named Vostok with a man on board was orbited around the Earth from the Soviet Union. 06:13 He is airman, Major Yuri Gagarin. An Airforce pilot. 06:21 A citizen of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republic. 06:29 The start of the space multi stage rocket is reported to have been successful, 06:36 and after it gained the first cosmic speed, and separated from the last stage of the rocket carrier, 06:46 ..the spaceship began its free flight on an orbit around the Earth. 06:54 Yuri Gagarin DAWN this is CEDAR. 06:56 The second stage has shut off. 07:00 Over.
Ascent and views of Earth
07:13 Sergei Korolev CEDAR this is DAWN 1. Everything that should be is working. 07:18 The final stage... everything is normal. Over. 07:21 Yuri Gagarin Understood. I can hear it starting. I can feel it's working. I feel great. 07:28 I can see Earth, visibility is good. Over. 07:34 Sergei Korolev CEDAR, CEDAR, this is DAWN. Well done, everything is going great. OK. 07:37 This is DAWN. Over. 07:40 Yuri Gagarin DAWN this is CEDAR, I can see clouds over the land... small, cumulus, and the shadows of them. 07:46 Beautiful!... Beautiful... How do you read? Over.
Ascent and views of Earth
09:16 Radio Moscow According to preliminary data 09:19 the revolution of the spaceship around the Earth takes place within 89.1 minutes. 09:30 Its lowest point from the Earth is a hundred and seventy five kilometre. 09:38 Its highest, three hundred and two kilometre.
Ascent and views of Earth
10:42 Sergei Korolev CEDAR this is DAWN, CEDAR this is DAWN. We can hear you perfectly. Continue the flight. 10:49 Yuri Gagarin The flight is continuing well The G forces are increasing slowly...insignificantly. 10:55 I am coping well. vibrations are slight. I am feeling great. 11:00 Through the Vzor I can see Earth... It's increasing covered by clouds. Over. 11:11 Sergei Korolev CEDAR this is DAWN. everything is going fine. We understood you. We can hear you perfectly. 11:16 This is DAWN. Over.
Ascent and views of Earth
13:16 Radio Moscow The condition of the space flyer Major Yuri Gagarin… 13:22 ... during the launching of the space ship Vostok to orbit was normal, 13:29 and at present he is feeling well. 13:34 Yuri Gagarin Everything is going well. I can see Earth. 13:37 I see the horizon through the Vzor. 13:41 The horizon has slightly shifted towards my legs. 13:45 Sergei Korolev CEDAR CEDAR this is DAWN. CEDAR this is DAWN. 13:50 Everything is going well. How do you hear? How are you feeling. This is DAWN. Over. 13:56 Yuri Gagarin DAWN this is CEDAR, I can hear you perfectly. I am feeling great. The flight is continuing well. 14:03 Through the Vzor I can see Earth. The visibility is good. Everything is visible and distinct. 14:11 Some of the area is covered with cumulus clouds. 14:17 We are continuing the flight. Everything is normal. Over. 14:22 Sergei Korolev CEDAR this is DAWN, CEDAR this is DAWN. Understood. Well done. 14:26 Good communication. Continue in the same spirit. This is DAWN. Over. 14:32 Yuri Gagarin Understood. Everything is working perfectly. Everything is perfectly working. We continue on!
Ascent and views of Earth
15:32 Yuri Gagarin The flight is going well. 15:35 The third stage is working. 15:38 The TV light is working. I'm feeling great. 15:42 I'm feeling alert. 15:46 Radio Moscow The angle of the declination of the plane of the orbit to the equator is 65 degrees 4 minutes. 15:59 The weight of the spaceship with its space pilot is four tonnes, 725 kilogrammes, 16:10 without the weight of the final stage of the rocket carrier. 16:16 Two way communication has been established and are been maintained with the space flyer major Yuri Gagarin. 16:27 Yuri Gagarin Now the Earth is being covered more and more by clouds. Cumulus clouds. It's being covered by nimbo stratus clouds. 16:36 It's sort of a film over the Earth. Already the Earth's surface is almost Not Visible. 16:41 Interesting... yes... now it's open. Folds of the mountains... forests. 16:47 Dawn 1 , DAWN 1, I can hear you very faintly. I am feeling good. 16:54 I am alert. I'm continuing the flight. 16:57 Everything is going well. The spaceship is working normally. Over. I am alert. I'm continuing the flight. 16:57 Everything is going well. The spaceship is working normally. Over. 17:03 At this stage already DAWN 1 is barely audible.
Sunlight and the black sky
17:20 Yuri Gagarin Now through the Vzor the Sun is passing. The light from it is a little too bright. 17:34 Now, the Sun... is leaving the [Vzor] mirrors. 17:48 Sky... the sky is black. Black sky... but no stars in the sky are visible... 17:54 Possibly the lighting is interfering. I'm switching to working lighting.
Weightlessness and rotation
19:44 Yuri Gagarin …320 atmospheres. Feeling good. I am alert. I'm continuing the flight. 19:53 I am feeling…. No I'm not feeling it. I can see slight rotation of the spacecraft around its axes. 20:05 The feeling of weightlessness… the effect is pleasurable. It causes none of those phenomena. 20:14 Do you understand me? Over.
Cabin checks and de-orbit thruster pressure
20:48 Yuri Gagarin SPRING this is CEDAR. 20:49 Separation from the rocket happened…. 20:54 …at 9 hours, 18 minutes 7 seconds as planned. 21:02 I'm feeling well. 21:04 Descent Mode 1 has switched on. Descent Control System Marker moves to position 2. 21:14 All Descent Mode lights are on. 21:16 I'm feeling good. I'm alert. 21:20 Conditions in the capsule: pressure is 1 atmosphere, humidity 65, temperature 20, pressure in the compartment is 1 atmosphere. 21:33 In the manual system 155, in the first automatic 155, the second automatic 157. 21:48 Pressure in the De-orbit Thruster Tank is 320 atmospheres. 21:52 The feeling of weightlessness I'm handling well. It's pleasant. 21:55 I'm continuing the flight in orbit. How do you read? Over.
Tracking stations and radio contact
23:58 Yuri Gagarin Space craft continues to rotate. Rotation of space craft can be determined by the Earth's surface. 24:05 The Earth's surface is moving to the left. 24:09 The space craft is slightly rotating to the right… because of this. 24:12 Good….beautiful… I'm feeling good. 24:17 Continuing the flight. Everything is going perfectly. 24:22 Everything is going perfectly. 24:27 What's happening there DAWN? No reception. 24:30 What's happening SPRING? There is also no reception. 24:41 SPRING, SPRING, this is CEDAR. How do you hear me? Over. 24:49 SPRING, this is CEDAR. I can't hear you. Can you hear me? Over. 25:08 Feeling of weightlessness is interesting. Everything is floating. Floating is everything. 25:13 Beautiful!….Interesting!!
Tracking stations and radio contact
25:43 Yuri Gagarin DAWN 3 this is CEDAR, how do you read? Over. 25:47 SPRING, I can't hear. I can't hear SPRING. 25:50 I'm feeling good, I'm alert. 25:54 Everything is normal, I'm continuing the flight. The weightlessness is going OK. 25:58 In general the flight is going well. What can you tell me? Over. 26:08 Dawn 3 ground station CEDAR this is DAWN. I can hear you now. How are you feeling? 26:16 Yuri Gagarin DAWN 3 this is CEDAR, the flight is going successfully. 26:22 The feeling of weightlessness is normal. I'm feeling good. 26:28 All the instruments, all the systems are working well. 26:33 What can you report to me? I can hear you perfectly. Over. 26:42 Dawn 3 ground station CEDAR this is DAWN 3, we can hear you well. All instruments are working properly. You are feeling normal. 26:56 What can you tell me about the flight? 27:00 What can you tell me. Over. 27:08 CEDAR this is DAWN 3, no instructions from the 20th. No instructions. Everything is normal. 27:22 Yuri Gagarin Understood you, understood. No instructions from the 20th. 27:29 Tell me your data on the flight. 27:33 'Hello' to Blondie!!" [Alexei Leonov] 27:40 Radio Moscow The shortwave transmitters aboard the spaceship are operating on 9.019 megacycles and 20.006 megacycles...
Tracking stations and radio contact
27:57 Radio Moscow ….on the outer short wave length of 143.625 megacycles.
A halo over Earth
28:07 Yuri Gagarin Here there is such beautiful halo. There's a rainbow first at the Earth's surface, and then this rainbow transitions down. 28:14 Very beautiful, everything passed through the right porthole.
A halo over Earth
30:41 Yuri Gagarin Now the Earth has gone from the porthole. I am feeling great.
Radio Moscow updates
34:39 Radio Moscow The shortwave transmitters aboard the spaceship are operating on 9.019 megacycles and 20.006 megacycles... 34:56 ….on the outer short wave length of 143.625 megacycles.
Radio Moscow updates
40:38 Radio Moscow The state of the space flyer during the flight is being observed with the help of radio telemetric and television devices. 40:52 The systems ensuring the necessary conditions for life in the cabin of the spaceship are functioning normally.
Radio Moscow updates
44:14 Radio Moscow This is Moscow speaking - This is Moscow speaking. 44:20 All radio stations of the Soviet Union are transmitting. 44:26 Moscow time is 10.02. 44:30 We are transmitting the news about the first human flight into space. 44:44 On 12th April 1961 in the Soviet Union, sent into orbit around earth the first in the world spacecraft Vostok with a person on board. 45:03 The pilot and cosmonaut of the spacecraft is a citizen of the Soviet Union, Major Gagarin Yuri Alexyvich.
Stars in Earth’s shadow
46:15 Yuri Gagarin The stars are visible through the Vzor. How the stars are moving. 46:19 It's a very beautiful spectacle. The flight is continuing in the shadow of the Earth.
Stars in Earth’s shadow
46:58 Yuri Gagarin In the right porthole right now, I can see the star. It is passing from left to right in the porthole. 47:05 The star passed… it's going, going.
Sunrise and orientation
1:05:00 Yuri Gagarin Attention attention. 10 hours, 9 minutes, 15 seconds. I emerged from the shadow of the Earth. 1:05:09 Through the right porthole and the Vzor I can see…how the Sun came out. 1:05:18 The space craft is rotating. It's likely that the Sun Orientation System is working.
Flying over the sea
1:07:51 Yuri Gagarin Now through the Vzor I can see Earth, I can see Earth. I'm flying over the sea. 1:07:57 The direction of movement over the sea is easy to determine. 1:08:03 Now I'm possibly moving sideways to the right. 1:08:24 There is some cloud coverage. The direction of motion over the sea can be detected.
BBC news and a final status call
1:15:00 BBC Radio That was the weather. And now a look at the news. 1:15:03 Half an hour ago the Russians announced that they'd put the first man into space. 1:15:07 An announcement broadcast from Moscow Radio in English said… 1:15:10 …the world's first spaceship Vostok with a man on board had been launched today on a round the Earth orbit. 1:15:18 The first space navigator is major Yuri Gagarin. 1:15:22 Radio communications have been established and maintained with him. 1:15:25 He's feeling well and conditions in the cabin are normal. 1:15:29 The flight of the spaceship is continuing. 1:15:32 Yuri Gagarin Everything is working normally…everything is working normally
Re-entry and parachute descent
1:34:30 On-screen text April 12th 1961 1:34:31 Having made the first orbit of Earth Gagarin re-enters the atmosphere. 1:34:36 He ejects from his capsule seven kilometres above the ground and descends under his own parachute.
Back aboard the ISS
1:38:21 On-screen text Earth Orbit 2011 On board the International Space Station
Closing Radio Moscow announcement
1:38:40 Radio Moscow That was a special news item on the launching of the first spaceship Vostok with a citizen of the Soviet Socialist Republics on board, Major Yuri Gagarin. This is Radio Moscow.
