Yuri Gagarin. From Wikipedia:
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Russian: Ю́рий Алексе́евич Гага́рин, Russian pronunciation: [ˈjurʲɪj ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ ɡɐˈɡarʲɪn]; 9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961.
Gagarin became an international celebrity, and was awarded many medals and honours, including Hero of the Soviet Union, the nation's highest honour. Vostok 1 marked his only spaceflight, but he served as backup crew to the Soyuz 1 mission (which ended in a fatal crash). Gagarin later became deputy training director of the Cosmonaut Training Centre outside Moscow, which was later named after him. Gagarin died in 1968 when a MiG 15 training jet he was piloting crashed.
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Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Russian: Ю́рий Алексе́евич Гага́рин, Russian pronunciation: [ˈjurʲɪj ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ ɡɐˈɡarʲɪn]; 9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961.
Gagarin became an international celebrity, and was awarded many medals and honours, including Hero of the Soviet Union, the nation's highest honour. Vostok 1 marked his only spaceflight, but he served as backup crew to the Soyuz 1 mission (which ended in a fatal crash). Gagarin later became deputy training director of the Cosmonaut Training Centre outside Moscow, which was later named after him. Gagarin died in 1968 when a MiG 15 training jet he was piloting crashed.
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Yuri Gagarin was he first person in space and also the first to orbit the earth.
John Glen was the 3rd American to go into space but was the first American to orbit the earth
John Glen was the 3rd American to go into space but was the first American to orbit the earth
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apollo 8 crew frank borman , james lovell and william anders were the first people "in space" as they went round the moon in 1968 , gagarin barely made it out of the atmosphere - hardly "in space"
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OOH!
Some disagreement.
Space was defined as being above 62 miles.
No big deal as that was one minute of arc as measured at the equator.
Bored yet?
Space is space. (Friendship7 was a phizzer!
Some disagreement.
Space was defined as being above 62 miles.
No big deal as that was one minute of arc as measured at the equator.
Bored yet?
Space is space. (Friendship7 was a phizzer!
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The first person to travel to space was Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin.
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Yuri Gagarin, first human in space (1961)