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[โ€“] MisterScruffy@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

First man in space not smart I guess

[โ€“] SCB@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago

Fearful that a high-level national hero might be killed, Soviet officials banned Gagarin from participating in further spaceflights. After completing training at the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy in February 1968, he was again allowed to fly regular aircraft. However, Gagarin died five weeks later, when the MiG-15 that he was piloting with flight instructor Vladimir Seryogin crashed near the town of Kirzhach

Commies smh