Gagarin, Yuri
Russian Cosmonaut; First Human in Space 1934-1968
On April 12, 1961, at age twenty-seven, Yuri Gagarin, of the Soviet Union, became the first human in space. He completed one orbit of Ea...
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Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin
1934-1968
Soviet Cosmonaut
When Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was born in 1934, his parents had no way of knowing that he was destined for a unique place in world history: the fi...
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Gagarin, Yuri A. (1934-1968)
Russian cosmonaut
Yuri A. Gagarin was the first human in space. In 1961, the boyish-looking Soviet cosmonaut captured the attention of the world with his short flight arou...
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Yuri Gagarin
Born March 9, 1934 (Klushino, Russia)
Died March 27, 1968 (Near Moscow, Russia)
Russian cosmonaut
In 1957 the former Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first man-made space satellite (an ...
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Yury Gagarin
Born March 9, 1934, Klushino, Russia Died March 27, 1968, Near Moscow, Russia
Yury Alekseyevich Gagarin’s successful orbit of Earth was a technical triumph for the Soviet Union th...
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The Russian cosmonaut Yuri Alexeivich Gagarin (1934-1968) was the first man to orbit the earth in an artificial satellite and thus ushered in the age of manned spaceflight.Yuri Gagarin, the third chil...
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April 12, 1961 will never be forgotten. On that day Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin was launched into space. He circled the globe in the spaceship "Vostok" for 108 minutes. Gagarin was taking an enormous ris...
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