A Soviet Air Force pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to travel into space and orbit the Earth, aboard Vostok 1 on 12 April 1961. His flight made him an instant global celebrity and a symbol of Soviet achievement at the height of the Cold War space race.
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Death DateDied in a MiG-15 training jet crash near Kirzhach, Russia; the exact cause of the crash remains debated among investigators. Defining ContributionFirst human in space and first to orbit the Earth 3 Notable Mission Classification
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Flew under the Soviet space program that Roscosmos institutionally succeeded; Gagarin's 1961 flight predates the 1992 establishment of Roscosmos in its modern form.
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Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew Vostok 1 in 1961, the first human in space.
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Yuri Gagarin flew the Vostok 1 spacecraft on the first crewed orbital spaceflight in 1961.
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Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first person to journey into outer space...Travelling on Vostok 1, Gagarin completed one orbit of EarthView the Source 2. Yuri Gagarin (Wikipedia)
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Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (9 March 1934 - 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut.
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Aboard was Gagarin, the first human to travel into space, using the call sign Kedr (Siberian pine or cedar).
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/ɡəˈɡɑːɹɪn/
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Wikimedia FoundationIn Group: Vostok and Voskhod Cosmonauts, Lead sentence
Travelling on Vostok 1, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961.
Operated By: Soviet space program, Lead sentence
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (9 March 1934-27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first person to journey into outer space during the first successful crewed spaceflight.
Associated With: Soviet space program, Lead sentence
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (9 March 1934-27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first person to journey into outer space during the first successful crewed spaceflight.
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