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minus-squaretburkhol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 days agoYuri Gagarin’s flight was entirely automated. He went a bit higher and made a full orbit, but I’m pretty sure everyone agrees he’s an astronaut.
minus-squareVal@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agoHe was a cosmonaut, so jot that down.
minus-squareCaptainPedantic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 days agoSure, but he was the very first person to ever fly in space so that definitely counts for something. Additionally, he could control the spacecraft if there was an emergency.
Yuri Gagarin’s flight was entirely automated. He went a bit higher and made a full orbit, but I’m pretty sure everyone agrees he’s an astronaut.
He was a cosmonaut, so jot that down.
… the best kind of correct…
Sure, but he was the very first person to ever fly in space so that definitely counts for something. Additionally, he could control the spacecraft if there was an emergency.
And he was trained to do so.