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Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first person to journey into outer space during the first successful crewed spaceflight. He was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. Travelling on Vostok 1, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. The flight took 108 minutes. By achieving this major milestone for the Soviet Union amidst the…
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politics · Soviet cosmonaut (1934–1968) · aircraft pilot · astronaut · military officer · politician · explorer · also Yuri Gagarin, Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, Yury Alekseyevich Gagarin, Yuriy Gagarin, Yuriy Alexeyevich Gagarin, Yury Alexeyevich Gagarin
Born 9 March 1934 · Died 27 March 1968 · Q7327
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The rocket we now rely on to put humans into space is essentially the same launch vehicle, taking off from the same launch pad, that was built by Korolev and which took Gagarin into space. Half a century later, we are back where we started. It raises the question of whether or not the world is serious about human spaceflight.
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“s aviation club and started dreaming of the stars. Although his first job was as a foundryman, Gagarin later enrolled in the Saratov Technical College, where he learned to pilot a light aircraft. Ms Filatova says:”
“The rocket we now rely on to put humans into space is essentially the same launch vehicle, taking off from the same launch pad, that was built by Korolev and which took Gagarin into space. Half a century later, we are back where we started. It raises the question of whether or not the world is serious about human spaceflight.”
“s speech at the plenum of the Central Committee of the CPSU about the state”
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news.cgtn.com: Russian media: The final stage of the International Space Station's deorbiting process will be entrusted to the American side, says Oleg Kononenko, head of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
eng.belta: Yuri Gagarin still serves peace, just as he did when alive
USA Today rated the claim “The Space Foundation stripped the honors of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin” Missing Context.
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FACTLY rated the claim “Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human who explored outer space, has been stripped of his honours by the US-based ‘Space Foundation’ amid ongoing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine” MISLEADING.
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AP News rated the claim “Yuri Gagarin, the Soviet cosmonaut who became the first person to go to space 61 years ago, has been stripped of his honors by the Space Foundation because he is Russian.” Missing context.
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PolitiFact rated the claim ““The Space Foundation has erased the honors previously bestowed on Yuri Gagarin, the first man to ever be in space. His name was stripped ‘in light of current events.’”” Mostly False.
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Business Insider: Yuri Gagarin, the first person in space, has had his name removed from a Space Foundation fundraiser, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Scientific American: First in Space: New Yuri Gagarin Biography Shares Hidden Side of Cosmonaut
The Conversation: Yuri Gagarin’s boomerang: the tale of the first person to return from space, and his brief encounter with Aussie culture
Phys.org: Details of Yuri Gagarin's tragic death revealed
The statue was moved to a permanent location outside the Royal Observatory, Greenwich
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A statue was unveiled at the site of NASA's original spaceflight headquarters on South Wayside Drive in Houston
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National Geographic news: What Yuri Gagarin Saw on First Space Flight
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A statue of Gagarin was unveiled at Admiralty Arch in The Mall in London, opposite the permanent sculpture of James Cook
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By Leonov, who is also an artist, and was a gift to Houston commissioned by various Russian organisations
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It was declared the International Day of Human Space Flight by the United Nations
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Russia issued a 1,000-rouble coin in gold and a three-rouble coin in silver to mark the 50th anniversary of his flight
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The Russia-based Kontinental Hockey League named their championship trophy the Gagarin Cup
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By the original crash investigator, hypothesizes that a cabin air vent was accidentally left open by the crew or the previous pilot, leading to oxygen deprivation and leaving the crew incapable of controlling the aircraf
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To commemorate the 40th anniversary of Gagarin's flight, a series of four coins bearing his likeness was issued in Russia; it consisted of a two-rouble coin in copper-nickel, a three-rouble coin in silver, a ten-rouble c
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Awarded International Space Hall of Fame (1976).
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Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin left the small Fallen Astronaut sculpture at their landing site as a memorial to the American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts who died in the Space Race; the names on its
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And the Armenian airline Armavia named their first Sukhoi Superjet 100 in his honour in 2011
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A 262 km (163-mile) wide crater on the far side was named after him
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Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin left a memorial satchel containing medals commemorating Gagarin and Komarov on the Moon's surface
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Won Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (1968).
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Died 1968-03-27.
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“Variant translation: The main human strength is willpower.”
And has since become home to numerous museums and monuments to him
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Studied at Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy (1961–1968).
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“When they saw me in my space suit and the parachute dragging alongside as I walked, they started to back away in fear. I told them, don't be afraid, I am a Soviet like you, who has descended from space and I must find a telephone to call Moscow!”
Won Medal "For Impeccable Service", 3rd class (1966).
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Won Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1965).
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Awarded Order of Karl Marx (1963).
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Awarded Hero of Labour (1962).
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Awarded Order of the Star of Africa (1962).
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Awarded Order of the Nile (1962).
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And then to the Soviet of Nationalities, the lower and upper chambers of the Supreme Soviet respectively
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Gagarin began serving as a deputy to the Soviet of the Union, and was elected to the Central Committee of the Young Communist League
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Won Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands" (1961).
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Awarded Hero of the Soviet Union (1961).
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Won Gold Star medal (1961).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1961).
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Awarded Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR (1961).
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Awarded Hero of Socialist Labour of Czechoslovakia (1961).
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Awarded Hero of Socialist Labour of Bulgaria (1961).
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Awarded Order of Georgi Dimitrov (1961).
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Awarded Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st class (1961).
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Awarded Order of the Flag of the People's Republic of Hungary (1961).
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Awarded Star of the Republic of Indonesia (1961).
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Awarded Order of Playa Girón (1961).
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Awarded Order of the Southern Cross (1961).
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“I must go to see the main man [Brezhnev] personally.”
Includes a passage that upholds the official Soviet position on religious belief: "The manned space flight was a crushing blow to the churchmen
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Career landmark: spaceflight.
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Nevertheless, Gagarin's officially sanctioned autobiography, released by the USSR's state publishing house in 1961, includes a passage that upholds the official Soviet position on religious belief: "The manned space flight was a crushing blow to the churchmen.
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“First words upon returning to Earth, to a woman and a girl near where his capsule landed (12 April 1961) The woman asked: "Can it be that you have come from outer space?" to which Gagarin replied: "As a matter of fact, I have!”
Won Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (1958).
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Studied at Orenburg Military Aviation Piloting High School (1955–1957).
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While a cadet in flight school, Gagarin met Valentina Goryacheva at the May Day celebrations at the Red Square in Moscow
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Gagarin was accepted to the First Chkalov Higher Air Force Pilots School in Orenburg
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Studied at Saratov Pedagogical College (1951).
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From both the seventh grade and the vocational school with honours in mouldmaking and foundry work, he was selected for further training at the Industrial Technical School in Saratov, where he studied tractors
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Aged 16, Gagarin began an apprenticeship as a foundryman at a steel plant in Lyubertsy, near Moscow, and enrolled at a local "young workers" school for seventh-grade evening classes
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The family moved to Gzhatsk, where Gagarin continued his education
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Born 1934-03-09.
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Helped take care of "Yura" and their youngest brother Boris, born in 1936
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And by the time Yuri was born he was already helping with the cattle on the farm
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