Sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kwengu-50, njalo ngonyaka, ngo-Ephreli, 12, izakhamuzi zomhlaba wonke, zigubha usuku lwezinkanyezi emlandweni ovela ezikhathini zokuhlala kwe-USSR enkulu.
Iholidi lalabo bonke okungenani ngandlela-thile elixhunyaniswe nembonini yesikhala yaqala ukugubha ngo-1962, futhi isabhekwa njengento ebaluleke kakhulu phakathi kwamanye amaholide ngamazwe ngamazwe. Isihloko sethu sinikezelwe kulolu suku oluphawulekayo, okuyinto yonke iplanethi ikhumbula futhi ithi.
Umlando wosuku lwe-astronautics nezindiza
Ngo-Ephreli 9 ngo-1962, amalungu e-Presidium ye-Supreme Soviet yase-USSR akhipha isimemezelo ngokusungulwa koSuku lwe-Astronautics. Ngokushesha, ngo-1968, i-International Aviation Federation, yanikeza leli holide isimo samazwe ngamazwe.
Konke kwaqala ngokuthi ngo-1961, isakhamuzi saseSoviet Union, u-Yuri Gagarin, njengomshayeli wendiza "Vostok", wayengowokuqala owayengenqikazi ukuhamba endaweni. Njengoba ejikeleze uMhlaba, imizuzu engu-108, iphayona laseSoviet laqala inkathi entsha yendiza yendiza nomuntu ogwini.
Kodwa-ke, kufanele kushiwo ukuthi ukuqala komlando weSuku lweCosmonautics nakho kwagubha izinja ezidumile uBelka noStrelka, ababevakashelwa ngaphambili ngobukhulu obungenasisindo, ngaphandle kokuthi ukuhamba komuntu kwesinye isikhala kungaba yingozi enkulu.
Ngemuva kokuphumelela okunjalo ekuhloleni kwesikhala, u-Yuri Gagarin wathola isihloko sokuqala sesikhathi esikhulu futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo uHero we-USSR. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, ososayensi, osombusazwe, abaculi nabaculi abavela emhlabeni wonke baye baphupha ukuhlangana nomuntu owake wabona uMhlaba kusuka ezindaweni eziphakeme zamakhilomitha ngamehlo akhe. Futhi, uGagarin wavula ama-horizons amasha kubadwebi nabakhi bezimfashini abavela kuma-60s abafaka isitayela se-cosmic ekugqokeni okwakubonisa imikhuba yezemfashini yaleso sikhathi.
Ngenxa yobuqhawe buka-Yuri Gagarin, usuku lwe-Astronautics lugujwa namhlanje ngenhlonipho nangenhlonipho ngalabo abenze iqhaza elikhulu ekuthuthukiseni ubuchwepheshe besikhala samanje, ngaphandle kwalokho esingasabeli khona izimpilo zethu. Emamyuziyamu abo ahloniphekile, kuvuleka izikhumbuzo, kunezigameko ezihlelekile.