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Bookmark or Share- What Really Happened to Yuri Gagarin, the First Man in Space?Space Exploration. What Really Happened to Yuri Gagarin, the First Man in Space? Seven years after becoming the first man to fly into outer space, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin died in a plane...
- Yuri Gagarin - WikipediaYuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who, aboard the first successful crewed spaceflight, became the first human to journey into outer space. Travelling on Vostok 1, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961, with his flight taking 108 minutes.
- Yuri Gagarin: The first man in space | CNNYuri Gagarin: The first man in space | CNN. This Soviet cosmonaut was the first human in orbit — fueling the space race. By Gregory McNamee, CNN. 6 minute read. Updated 10:03 AM EDT, Mon April...
- Yuri Gagarin | Biography & Facts | BritannicaYuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut who on April 12, 1961, became the first man to travel into space. His Vostok 1 spacecraft orbited Earth once in 1 hour 29 minutes at a maximum altitude of 187 miles, bringing Gagarin immediate worldwide fame. Learn more about Gagarin in this article.
- Biography of Yuri Gagarin, First Man in Space - ThoughtCoYuri Gagarin (March 9, 1934–March 27, 1968) made history on April 12, 1961, when he became both the first person in the world to enter space and the first person to orbit the Earth. Although he never again went to space, his achievement was one of the most significant events of the "space race" which eventually saw men land on the moon.
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