Yuri
Gagarin was the first man who went into space Yuri Gagarin was born in
a remote
Russian village. The village was surrounded by fields of grain. Yuri
went to
school at the age of eleven years. From childhood, he developed
interest in
technology. So he was admitted to a school, which had a large aircraft
factory.
In the
school, he got an
opportunity to look at
the workings in the laboratories. He could see through the window, new
aircrafts being wheeled from their hangars, took to the runways and
flown off
by test pilots.
His
school was his inspiring place. Looking at
the workings in laboratories inspired him a lot. Soon he developed
ambition to
become a test pilot. Gagarin used to admire these pilots and himself
wanted to
become a pilot. But the same idea was emulated by many students and
number of
vacancies was very limited.
Yuri
took a job of molder of engine parts in a
factory and side by side continued his studies at night. His longing
for
technology brought his dream true and he got a place in the Industrial
College
of Saratov. To his delight, there was an aerodrome and a flying club.
He joined
the club.