2006-12-09 16:14:33 · 6 answers · asked by Zefram 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It's always been rumored that the Soviets lost 1 or 2 cosmonauts before Gagarin but there hasn't been any evidence to support it, evidence that probably would have surfaced after the collapse of Soviet Russia.
2006-12-09 16:23:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there had been Sowjet cosmonauts in s space before Gagarin, that's right, but they all died, because their "flights" took only seconds and accidents happened.
Gagarin was the first ever who circled at least once around the earth.
2006-12-10 00:46:31 · answer #2 · answered by jhstha 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'll be checking-back here for the answers you elicit with your question because if there was anyone (besides Buck Rogers) prior to Gagarin I'd really be interested.
2006-12-09 16:25:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. Gagarin was the first.
2006-12-09 16:34:10 · answer #4 · answered by bestonnet_00 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It has been suggested by some people that the German people during closing years of world war 2 built a large modified version of the German v2 rocket to launch a man into orbit, however if they did such a thing it will never be know as most of the top secret German research was destroyed during the allied invasion of Germany.
2006-12-09 21:06:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes.
It was Al Gore.
That's where he got the idea to invent the internet.
2006-12-09 16:28:46 · answer #6 · answered by Sarge1572 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋