Yuriy Gagarin

Yuriy Alekseyevich Gagarin
Юрий Алексеевич Гагарин
Tavalludi	9-mart 1934 SSRI, RSFSR, Klushino
Vafoti	27-mart 1968 SSRI, RSFSR, Novosyolovo
Fuqaroligi	SSSR
Otasi	Aleksey Gagarin
Onasi	Anna Gagarina

Yuriy Alekseyevich Gagarin (ruscha: Ю́рий Алексе́евич Гага́рин, Andoza:IPA-ru; 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 April 12, 1961.

Gagarin became an international celebrity, and was awarded many medals and honours, including Hero of the Soviet Union. Vostok 1 marked his only spaceflight, but he served as backup 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.