尤里·加加林——太空第一人

尤里·加加林——太空第一人 Yuri Gagarin——First Man in Space

Yuri A. Gagarin was born on a collective farm in a region west of Moscow, Russia on March 9th, 1934. His father was a carpenter[木匠]. Yuri attended the local school for six years and continued his education at vocational[职业的] and technical schools.
1934年3月9日，尤里·A·加加林在俄罗斯莫斯科以西地区的一个集体农场出生，其父是一名木匠。尤里在当地学校读了六年书，随后在职业技术学校继续进修。

Yuri Gagarin joined the Russian Air Force in 1955 and graduated with honors[优等成绩] from the Soviet Air Force Academy in 1957. Soon afterward, he became a military fighter pilot. By 1959, he had been selected for cosmonaut training as part of the first group of USSR cosmonauts.
尤里·加加林于1955年加入俄罗斯空军，1957年以优异的成绩从苏联空军学校毕业。不久之后，他成为了一名军用战斗机飞行员。到了1959年，他入选为第一批苏联宇航员，进行宇航员训练。

Yuri Gagarin flew only one space mission. On April 12th, 1961 he became the first human to orbit Earth. Gagarin’s spacecraft, Vostok 1, circled Earth at a speed of 27,400 kilometers per hour. The flight lasted 108 minutes.

尤里·加加林只执行过一次宇航任务。1961年4月12日，他成为围绕地球轨道飞行的第一人。加加林乘坐的“东方1号”宇宙飞船以每小时27400千米的速度围绕地球飞行，整个过程持续了108分钟。

Once in orbit, Yuri Gagarin had no control over his spacecraft. Vostok’s reentry[重新进入] was controlled by a computer program sending radio commands to the space capsule[太空舱]. Although the controls were locked, a key had been placed in a sealed envelope in case an emergency situation made it necessary for Yuri Gagarin to take control. As was planned, Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin ejected[弹射出] after reentry into Earth’s atmosphere[大气] and landed by parachute[降落伞].
进入轨道后，尤里·加加林就无法控制他的宇宙飞船。电脑程序向太空舱发出无线电指令，指挥“东方1号”返回。虽然太空船内的控制器被锁上，但在一个密封信封里存放着一把钥匙——以便发生紧急状况时，必须由尤里·加加林控制飞船。按照原定计划，宇航员尤里·加加林在返回地球大气层之后弹出太空舱，利用降落伞降落。

Yuri Gagarin died on March 27th, 1968 when the MiG-15 he was piloting crashed[坠毁] near Moscow. At the time of his death, Yuri Gagarin was in training for a second space mission.
1968年3月27日，尤里·加加林驾驶的米格15战机在莫斯科附近坠毁。当时他正在为执行第二次太空任务进行训练。