Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Gagarin Юрий Гагарин | |
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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 Novosyolovo, Roushie SFSR, Soviet Union | (aged 34)
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
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Soviet stamp, 1964
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Soviet stamp, 1976
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Russian stamp, 2009
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Azerbaijani stamp, 2001
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Jubilee coin, 2001
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Jubilee coin, 2011
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Jubilee coin, 2011
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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.
- Heroes o the Soviet Union
- Recipients o the Order o Lenin
- 1934 births
- 1968 daiths
- Fowk frae Gagarinsky Destrict, Smolensk Oblast
- 1961 in spaceflicht
- Soviet cosmonauts
- Soviet Air Force officers
- Roushie aviators
- Roushie explorers
- Roushie Orthodox Christians
- Foundrymen
- Buirials at the Kremlin Waw Necropolis
- Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents
- Victims o aviation accidents or incidents in the Soviet Union
- Recipients o the Cross o Grunwald, 1st class
- Recipients o the Order o Karl Marx
- Recipients o the Order o Klement Gottwald
- Recipients o the Order o the Nile
- Recipients o Bintang Republik Indonesia Adipradana
- Pilot-Cosmonauts o the USSR
- Recipients o the Order o Georgi Dimitrov
- Recipients o the Order o the Banner o the Hungarian Republic
- Recipients o the Order o the African Starn