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 |
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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
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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
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ 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