Source: First Orbit ) April 12th 1961 â Yuri Gagarin is about to see what no other person has seen in the history of humanity â the Earth from space.
In the next 108 minutes he'll see more than most people do in a lifetime.
What sights awaited the first cosmonaut silently gliding over the world below? What was it like to view the oceans and continents sailing by from such a height? Documentary film maker Chris Riley, astronaut Paolo Nespoli and composer Philip Sheppard in association with the European Space Agency, have...
