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The Stakes are Higher Now But Less Visible Back in the 1960s one of the main motivators for the Apollo project was the feeling that the U S was being left behind by the Soviet Union Topics: Entertainment Tags: Yuri Gagarin View |
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Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (lang-ru????? ??????????? ????????, IPA-ru?jur??j ?l???ks?e?v??t? ????ar??n; 9 March 1934 - 27 March 1968), Hero of the Soviet Union, was a Soviet (Soviet Union) cosmonaut. On 12 April 1961, he became the first human in outer space and the first to orbit the Earth. He received medals from around the world for his pioneering tour in space.
Type: File:Gagarin Signature.svg , Soviet Union cosmonaut , The first human in space (outer space)
Nationality: Russian (Russian people)
Date of birth: 1934-03-09
Date of death: 1968-03-27
Birth Location: Klushino, Russian SFSR, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Place Death: Novosyolovo, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Occupation: Aviator
Rank: Colonel (Polkovnik), Soviet Air Force
Selection: Air Force Group 1 (List of astronauts by selection#1960)
Time: 1 hour, 48 minutes
Mission: Vostok 1