Yuri Gagarin's fatal crash declassified.

[Kilmeister]

http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/secrets-and-lies-details-of-yuri-gagarins-fatal-plane-crash-are-finally-revealed/

Found this interesting. Not exactly a huge reveal, but still.

[K^2]

That... Wasn't public knowledge? Wow. I used to live about 30-40km from that place. The Star City was on the drive to Moscow, and one of Moscow's defense ring objects was located almost in the city. (Officially, any incident there was reported as taking place in our city, including when a stockpile of AA missiles went boom.) We were basically told in kindergarten that Gagarin's plane went down because another plane flew too close to it. I had no idea this wasn't the official version until now.

[Nao]

I watched a documentary that included information on that crash, as it is in the article, several years ago. Maybe it wasn't considered to be fully credible back then, or maybe its just media trying to blow out of proportion any new source of existing information that can be labeled with dramatic name.

Also wow K^2, i know living there probably wasn't anything special but ...it feels kind of awesome Maybe i'm just jelous since Poland has no space program

[satcharna]

This has been common knowledge for at least a decade and a half. Sad but true.

[Nibb31]

Maybe i'm just jelous since Poland has no space program

Poland contributes to ESA, so it does have a space program: Centrum Badań Kosmicznych

[jwenting]

it was a public secret, but the official record always read different...

Such are governments, and especially paranoid ones like the USSR.

[tek_604]

Also of note is that the pilot of the SU-15 is still alive, but his name hasn't been released; this was part of the deal to finally make it publicly known. I'm guessing he would be the most wanted man in Russia, if his name released before his death.

[Henri von Braun]

Also of note is that the pilot of the SU-15 is still alive, but his name hasn't been released; this was part of the deal to finally make it publicly known. I'm guessing he would be the most wanted man in Russia, if his name released before his death.

Would Russia maybe release his name? And if ever they found him, what would they do to him?

[Nibb31]

Would Russia maybe release his name? And if ever they found him, what would they do to him?

What do you mean? The Russian government knows his name, because they are the ones who have the records.

[tek_604]

What do you mean? The Russian government knows his name, because they are the ones who have the records.

I was meaning if the public got to learn the SU-15 pilots name. Because of his actions in Gagarin's death, he basically killed a national hero. I'm assuming that wouldn't make him the popular man in Russia.

[Nibb31]

It was an accident. The reason they are not releasing his name is probably because he got sent to the goulag after the incident...