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] in a flight takin 108 minutes. By achievin this major milestone fur the Soviet Union durin the Space Race, he becam an internautional celebrity an wis awairdit mony medals an titles, includin his naition's hiechest honour: Hero o the Soviet Union.

Hailing fae the veelage o Klushino in the Roushie SFSR, Gagarin wis a foundryman at a steelyaird in Lyubertsy in his youth. He later joined the Soviet Air Forces as a pilot an wis stationed at the Luostari Air Base, naur the Norway-Soviet Union Border afore his selection fur the Soviet Space Programme alangside five ither cosmonauts. Efter his spaceflicht, Gargarin becam the depute trainin director o the Cosmonaut Trainin Centre ootside Moscow, that wis later named efter him. He wis electit as depute o the Soviet o the Union in 1962 an then tae the Soviet of Nationalities, an aw, the lawer an upper chaumer o the Suprime Soviet respectively.

Vostok 1 merked his anely spaceflicht, but he served as backup crew tae the Soyuz 1 mission, which endit in a fatal crash, killin his freend an bille cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov. Feart that a heich-level national hero micht be kilt, Soviet officals bannit Gagarin fae takin pairt in faurer spaceflichts. Efter finishin trainin at the Zhukovaky Air Force Engineering Academy in Februar, he wis again allowet tae flee raiglar aircraft. Houiver, Gagarin dee'd five weeks efter, whan the MiG-15 trainin jet he wis pilotin wi flicht instructor Vladimir Seryogin crashed naur the toon ae Kirzhach.

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

References

↑ 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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