Yuri Gagarin was an officer in the Soviet ("Russian") Air Force.
In April 1961, he became the first human being to [almost] orbit the Earth. He
and his spacecraft, the Vostok-I, were launched from the Baikonur Kosmodrome
in Kazakhstan. They achieved orbit, and went for one complete revolution. Just
before touchdown, Gagarin parachuted from the capsule, and they landed
separately.
Gagarin's total time aloft, from launch to touchdown, was 108 minutes. His
touchdown spot was a few hundred yards short of the launch point ... just shy
of one complete trip around the world. He never flew another space mission,
and was killed in the crash of a training aircraft 7 years later, at the age of 34.
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∙ 12y agoYuri Gagarin returned to Earth on April 12, 1961 after spending approximately 108 minutes in space aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft. He made a successful landing in the Saratov region of the Soviet Union.
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the first human in space, Yuri Gagarin, came from the USSR.
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No. Yuri gagarin was a Soviet.
Yuri Gagarin was born in Klusjino, Smolensk oblast, Russia.
Yes, Yuri Gagarin was often called the "Columbus of the Cosmos" or "Gagarin the Great" due to being the first human to journey into outer space.
Yuri Gagarin's birth name is Yuriy Alekseevich Gagarin.
Yuri Gagarin was famous for being the first human to journey into outer space. On April 12, 1961, he orbited Earth aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1, becoming an international hero and a symbol of Soviet space achievement.
Yuri Gagarin is no longer alive.
He was born March 9, 1934 in Klushino (outside Gzhatsk), Russia.
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