Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin
Юрий Гагарин
Yuri Gagarin; Юрий Гагарин
; Soviet cosmonaut; The first human in space
Naotionality	Soviet
Status	Deceased
Born	Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin; 9 Mairch 1934; Klushino, Roushie SFSR, Soviet Union
Dee'd	27 Mairch 1968 (aged 34); Novosyolovo, Roushie SFSR, Soviet Union
Ither thrift	Pilot
Rank	Colonel (Polkovnik), Soviet Air Forces
Time in space	1 oor, 48 minutes
Selection	Air Force Group 1
Missions	Vostok 1
Awairds

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Roushie: Ю́рий Алексе́евич Гага́рин; 9 Mairch 1934 – 27 Mairch 1968) wis a Soviet pilot an cosmonaut. He wis the first human tae jurney intae ooter space whan his Vostok spacecraft completit an orbit o the Yird on 12 Apryle 1961.^[1]

Gagarin becam an internautional celebrity an wis awairdit mony medals an teetles, includin Hero o the Soviet Union, the naition's heichest honour. Vostok 1 merked his anerly spaceflicht, but he served as backup crew tae the Soyuz 1 mission (that endit in a fatal crash). Gagarin later becam depute trainin director o the Cosmonaut Trainin Centre ootside Moscow, that wis later named efter him. Gagarin dee'd in 1968 whan the MiG-15 trainin jet he wis pilotin crashed. The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale awairds the Yuri A. Gagarin Gowd Medal in his honour.

Philately and numismatics

Soviet stamp, 1964
Soviet stamp, 1976
Russian stamp, 2009
Azerbaijani stamp, 2001
Jubilee coin, 2001
Jubilee coin, 2011
Jubilee coin, 2011
Belarusian stamp, 2001

↑ Wilson, Jim (13 Apryle 2011). "Yuri Gagarin: First Man in Space" (in Inglis). NASA. Archived frae the original on 14 Mairch 2023. Retrieved 23 Mairch 2023.

[1] Wilson, Jim (13 Apryle 2011). "Yuri Gagarin: First Man in Space" (in Inglis). NASA. Archived frae the original on 14 Mairch 2023. Retrieved 23 Mairch 2023.

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