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[eedit | eedit soorce]

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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