Born March 9, 1934 (Klushino, Russia) Died March 27, 1968 (Near Moscow, Russia) Russian cosmonaut In 1957 the former Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first man-made space satellite (an object that orbits in space). Four years later, on April 12,...

Yury Gagarin Born March 9, 1934, Klushino, Russia Died March 27, 1968, Near Moscow, Russia Yury Alekseyevich Gagarin’s successful orbit of Earth was a technical triumph for the Soviet Union that came at the height of the Soviet-American rivalry...

Russian cosmonaut Yuri A. Gagarin was the first human in space. In 1961, the boyish-looking Soviet cosmonaut captured the attention of the world with his short flight around the earth. "He invited us all into space," American astronaut...

1934-1968 Soviet Cosmonaut When Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was born in 1934, his parents had no way of knowing that he was destined for a unique place in world history: the first human to travel in space. His father, a carpenter by trade, left the...

Russian Cosmonaut; First Human in Space 1934-1968 On April 12, 1961, at age twenty-seven, Yuri Gagarin, of the Soviet Union, became the first human in space. He completed one orbit of Earth before descending in his Vostok 1 spacecraft and parachuting...

(born March 9, 1934, near Gzhatsk, Russian S.F.S.R.—died March 27, 1968, near Moscow) Soviet cosmonaut. Son of a carpenter on a collective farm, he graduated from the Soviet air force's cadet school in 1957. In April 1961, aboard Vostok 1, he...

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, (Russian: ЮÌÑÐ'й ÐлекÑеÌевÐ'Ñ Ð"агаÌÑÐ'н, Jurij AleksejeviÄ Gagarin IPA: [Ëjurʲɨj ÉlʲɪkËsʲejɪvʲɨtÊ' gÉËgarʲɨn]; 9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968), Hero of the Soviet Union, was a Soviet...