Yuri Gagarin Biography
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Yuri Gagarin, in full Yuri Alekseyevich
Gagarin, (born March 9, 1934, near Gzhatsk, Russia, U.S.S.R. [now Gagarin,
Russia]—died March 27, 1968, near Moscow), Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 became
the first man to travel into space.
Early Life and Education
Yuri Gagarin was born 9 March 1934 in
the village of Klushino, near Gzhatsk (renamed Gagarin in 1968 after his
death). His parents worked on a collective farm: Alexey Ivanovich Gagarin as a carpenter and bricklayer, and
Anna Timofeyevna Gagarina as a milkmaid. Yuri was the
third of four children: older brother Valentin, older sister Zoya, and younger
brother Boris Gagarin graduated as a molder from a trade
school near Moscow in 1951. He continued his studies at the industrial college
at Saratov and concurrently took a course in flying. On completing this course,
he entered the Soviet Air Force cadet school at Orenburg, from which he
graduated in 1957.
Space Travel
Gagarin’s 4 3/4-ton Vostok 1 spacecraft
was launched at 9:07 AM Moscow time on April 12, 1961, orbited Earth once in 1
hour 29 minutes at a maximum altitude of 187 miles (301 km), and landed at
10:55 AM in the Soviet Union. His spaceflight brought him immediate worldwide
fame. He was awarded the Order of Lenin and given the titles of Hero of the
Soviet Union and Pilot Cosmonaut of the Soviet Union. Monuments were raised to
him, and streets were renamed in his honour across the Soviet Union.
Gagarin never went into space again but
took an active part in training other cosmonauts. He made several tours to
other nations following his historic flight, and from 1962 he served as a
deputy to the Supreme Soviet.
Death
On 27 March 1968 Gagarin was killed with another pilot in the crash of a two-seat jet aircraft while on what was described as a routine training flight. His ashes were placed in a niche in the Kremlin wall. After his death in 1968 the town of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin.
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