Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin is a Russian cosmonaut who was born on March 9, 1934, near Moscow, Russia.

Gagarin became the first person in space when he flew aboard the Vostok spacecraft in 1961. He orbited the Earth once on this historic flight. The flight lasted 1 hour and 48 minutes.

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