Yuri Gagarin was born in Russia, and trained as fighter pilot and cosmonaut for the Soviet Union. On April 12, 1961, he became the first human being to travel into space. His spacecraft was called "Vostok I" and it completed a single orbit of the earth in 1 hour and 48 minutes.
Yuri Gagarin was the first man in outer space he was Russian
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Yuri Gagarin was the first human sent to space.
Russia (at the time the Soviet Union) was the first country to send a man into space. The man was cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
Yuri Gagarin was the first person in Space, he was a cosmonaut sent by the Russians.
Yuri Gagarin flew in space in the Russian spacecraft Sputnik on April 11 1961.
Yuri Gagarin was the first man in outer space he was Russian
Yuri gagarin-
Yuri Gagarin was the first human sent to space.
Russia (at the time the Soviet Union) was the first country to send a man into space. The man was cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
Yuri Gagarin was the first person in Space, he was a cosmonaut sent by the Russians.
Yuri Gagarin on 12 April 1961
Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space on April 12, 1961. He was selected for the mission by Sergi Korolev, the head of the Soviet Union's space program. Korolev was also the chief designer of the rocket and capsule that sent Gagarin into space.
Yuri Gagarin in Vostok 1
Yuri Gagarin - Launch date 12th April 1961.
Yuri Gagarin was the first human both sent to space and also to orbit the Earth.
Yuri Gagarin flew into orbit aboard the Soviet spacecraft Vostok I on 12 April 1961, becoming the first man in space. He was born March 9, 1934 in Klushino, Russia and died March 27, 1968 in an airplane crash.