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Yuri Gagarin didn't fly in a space shuttle- they weren't invented till the late 1970s and in the U.S. He launched up in VOSTOK 1, the rocket itself called VOSTOK 3KA, in a small capsule that would plummet back to earth (not glide back to a runway like the space shuttle)
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What was Yuri gagarins mission in space?
mission specalist
What was Yuri gagarin's achievements?
what was yuri gagarins achievement
How long was Yuri gagarins space flight?
Yuri's flight was 108 minutes long he was the first person in space he beat the Americans in the space race between the soviet union and the u.s.a.
What was Yuri gagarins middle name?
Alekseyevich
What is Yuri gagarins favorite color?
red
What countries were involved with Yuri Gagarins flight?
USSR
What was the name of Yuri Gagarins's spacecraft?
Vostok 3KA-2.
Which was the first Space Shuttle to go into space and return?
The first space shuttle to launch to space and return was space shuttle Columbia on the 12th of April 1981, only 20 years after Yuri Gagarines historic voyage to space.
Which was the first space shuttle sent to space?
Columbia was the first space shuttle sent into space on April 12, 1981, exactly 20 years to the day after Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space.
What is the name of the orbiter of space shuttle mission number 1?
The first ever space shuttle to be launched into space (STS-1) was Columbia on April 12th 1981, exactly 20 years after Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space.
What was Yuri gagarins favorite food?
Yuri Gagarin's favorite food was "belyashi" - it's a kind of small roasted meat pie. At least Gagarin said so in one interview.
What was Yuri gagarins biggest achievement?
He was the first men to travel up into space. He had orbited the earth once in 1 hour and 29 minutes. (not entirely sure about the earths orbit because some suggest he did and other's suggest he did not.)
