Gagarin - Public Service Broadcasting

This is Moscow

This is Moscow calling

On the 12th of April, the Soviet Union orbited a spaceship around the Earth

with a man on board

The astronaut is a Soviet citizen: Major Gagarin, Yuri Alekseevich

(Gagarin, Yuri Alekseevich)

The world’s first cosmonaut

The first to open the door into the unknown

The first to step over the threshold of our homeland

(Gagarin, Yuri Alekseevich)

The whole planet knew him and loved him

Gagarin!

Was it hazardous?

Yes, it was

The first strides into the unknown were about to be made

(Gagarin, Yuri Alekseevich)

The hero who blazed the trail for the stars

Every one of us was with Yuri Gagarin as he orbited the Earth 190 miles above us

Astronaut to Earth: I can see forests, rivers, cumulus clouds all around

Everything’s so beautiful, it’s wonderful, it’s wonderful…

The whole planet knew him and loved him

Gagarin!