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Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin

The first human in space. On 12 April 1961 he orbited the Earth aboard Vostok 1 and became a symbol of the Soviet space program.
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Portrait of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
Born
9 Mar 1934
Died
27 Mar 1968
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Missions

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Vostok 1

12 April 1961

Vostok 1

The first crewed spaceflight in history. Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth in 108 minutes and landed safely near Engels.

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Timeline

Career at a glance

  1. 1934Born9 March 1934
  2. 1961Vostok 112 April 1961
  3. 1968Died27 March 1968

Facts

Things you may not know

  1. The first human in space (12 April 1961) — his single orbit of the Earth took 108 minutes.

  2. During the return he ejected from the capsule and parachuted down separately from the Vostok spacecraft.

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