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Yuri
Alekseyevich Gagarin |
Fast Facts:
- he was born
on the 9th of March 1934 in Gzhatsk, Smolensk, Russia. He died
in a jet trainer accident on the 27th of March 1968.
- he started
his space service on the 7th of March 1960 and left space
service on the 27th March 1968. Number of Flights: 1. Total
Time: 0.075 days.
- On the 12th of
April 12, 1961, he became the first person to travel into space.
- his spacecraft
was named Vostok 1
- he only
traveled into space once
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