Yuri Gagarin

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Gagarin in his space suit
souvenir sheet depicting Vostok 1 mission, and cosmonaut Gagarin (over row)

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Russian: Юрий Алексеевич Гагарин; March 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968) was a Russian cosmonaut (astronaut). He became the first human in space on April 12, 1961, in a rocket launched by the Soviet Union.


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