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Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin
  • Date of Birth: 03/09/1934
  • Date of Death: 03/27/1968
  • Status: Deceased
  • First Flight: 04/12/1961
  • Last Flight: 04/12/1961
  • In Space: No

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Yuri Gagarin, a Russia astronaut affiliated with the government agency Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS), embarked on 1 space flights and engaging in 0 spacewalks during his/her career as an astronaut.

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Russian: Ю́рий Алексе́евич Гага́рин, IPA: [ˈjʉrʲɪj ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ ɡɐˈɡarʲɪn]; 9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He became the first human to journey into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed one orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961.

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