Machu Picchu is the hispanicized spellingof the Quechua name Machu Pikchu. It means old peak (Quechua machu old + pikchu peak).
In April 1961, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's spacecraft was launched at 9:07, orbited Earth once and landed at 10:55 in the Soviet Union.
Other key people. 1  Valentin Glushko was Chief Engine Designer for the Soviet Union. 2  Vasily Mishin was Chief Designer working under Sergey Korolyov and one of the first Soviets to inspect the captured German V-2 design. 3  Robert Gilruth was the NASA head of the Space Task Force and director of 25 manned space flights.