The Telegram bot has recreated Gagarin's flight into space by the minute

Students of the Institute of Precision Mechanics and Optics at ITMO from St. Petersburg recreated Yuri's 108-minute flight

Gagarin in space using a Telegram bot.

Telegram bot “Let's go!" replicates the flight of the first astronaut using messages that the robot sends and replies to the user. The transcripts of the pre-launch preparations and flight of Yuri Alekseevich are taken as a basis.

You can not only talk with Sergei Korolev himself, a scientist and designer of rocket and space systems, but also listen to the famous "Lilies of the Valley" - a song that sounded before the start.

With the help of (the bot), you can live 108 minutes of the legendary launch in as much detail as possible. 

ITMO Press Service

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