Lo Msombuluko, Ephreli 12, 2021 usuku lwesikhumbuzo lwabathandi bezinkanyezi kanye nokunqoba komkhathi. Ngempela, eminyakeni engama-60 edlule, iSoviet U-Yuri Gagarin uqophe umlando ngokuba ngumuntu wokuqala emkhathini. Isinyathelo sokuqala ngaphambi kwe-epic enkulu yohambo oluya enyangeni.
"ISIGCAWU ESISHA EMLANDWENI WESINTU"
Ngakho-ke sekuyiminyaka engu-60 kusukela eSoviet U-Yuri Gagarin uqophe umlando ngokuba ngumuntu wokuqala emkhathini. Ukumamatheka kwe U-Yuri Gagarin ngaphambi kokusuka kuyala ukutuswa. Uma ekhethwe phakathi kwe-elite yabashayeli bezindiza baseSoviet, kungenxa yemizwa yakhe yensimbi. Ngo-April 12, 1961, ukuthunywa kuyimfihlo. Lapho eneminyaka engu-27, u-Yuri Gagarin ushibilika phezu kwerokhethi eklanyelwe ukuthuthukisa amandla enuzi. Akekho ongasho ukuthi uzosinda yini futhi onethemba elikhulu alimnike thuba.
Kuwo wonke umqansa, uqinisekisa amaqembu aphansi. « Amagama okuqala kaGagarin abonisa uhambo oluhle lokuhamba emkhathini (…) Siyabonga uGagarin ngokuvula umnyango walolu hambo olusha emlandweni wesintu.", alandzise UJean-Francois Clervoy, usomkhathi. I-capsule ijikeleza ku-28 km/h kuyilapho i-USSR igcina imemezela ngokusemthethweni umzamo. Maphakathi neMpi Yomshoshaphansi, umhlaba wonke ushaqekile, i-United States ithotshisiwe.
