| Names |
YURI
Alexeivich GAGARIN |
| Date of
Birth |
March 09, 1934 |
| Date of
Death |
March 27, 1968 -
He died in 1968 in a plane crash. |
| Identity |
The first human to fly into the
outer space. |
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Date-wise Events / Works |
- November 1957: He became a
Lieutenant in the Soviet Air Force.
- November 1959: He was
elevated to the rank of Senior Lieutenant.
- April 12, 1961:
Yuri's Night is named for the first human to
launch into space; after Yuri Gagarin, who flew the Vostok 1 spaceship on
this day. Yuri's Night is often called the "World
Space Day".
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| General |
- He was a Soviet (now Russian) pilot and
cosmonaut.
- He was the first human to journey into outer
space.
- The goal of Yuri's Night is to increase
public interest in space exploration and to inspire a new generation
of explorers.
- He became one of the greatest international
celebrities, and was awarded many medals and titles, including Hero
of the Soviet Union, the nation's highest honour.
- In his post-flight report, after his
historic journey into outer space, Gagarin recalled his experiences
of spaceflight as under:
- The feeling of weightlessness was
somewhat unfamiliar compared with Earth conditions. Here, you
feel as if you were hanging in a horizontal position in straps.
You feel as if you are suspended.
- He told the Soviet leader Nikita
Khrushchev that during reentry into earth's atmosphere he had
whistled the tune "The Motherland Hears, The Motherland Knows",
a famous patriotic song.
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