One of the most intense competitions between the Soviet Union and the United States was the space race. The Soviet Space Program was part of the USSRâ??s ambitious Five Year Plan and Gagarin's flight came two months before the United Stateâ??s. When Yuri Gagarin launched into space on Vostok I, Nikita Kruschev was the Soviet Unionâ??s premier.
WHO WAS THE LEADER OF THE USSR WHEN YURI GAGARIN BECAME THE FIRST MAN TO GO INTO SPACE
He was from the USSR, the first man in space.
USSR, 1964, Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin
The USSR put Yuri Gagarin space in 1961
Gagarin was a citizen of the USSR and an officer in the Soviet Air Force.
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin. (USSR)
Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), the First Secretary of the Communist party, and de facto leader of the Soviet Union, was one of the driving forces of the "space race" between Russia and the United States. Gagarin's orbital flight of April 12, 1961 edged out the US, which launched Alan Shepard into space a month later.
Yuri Gagarin of the USSR on 12 April 1961.
He was a Russian called Yuri Gagarin from the USSR.
the first human in space, Yuri Gagarin, came from the USSR.
1961, with Yuri Gagarin (USSR) on Vostok 1