Yuri Gagarin was first person in space 62 years ago - but how far have we come?
Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first human to enter space more than 62 years ago. It was a massive propeller for technology ...
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Russian Rocket Tech Comes In From The Cold
The rocket in question was driven by a powerful ... They had already launched Sputnik and sent Yuri Gagarin to orbit the Earth. All in all, the Russians seemed poised to send a man to the moon.
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VOX POPULI: Gagarin led life of agony after the first manned flight into space
Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), a Soviet Air Force lieutenant, was chosen to be the first human to travel into outer space. His spacecraft launched and landed on April 12, 1961, in an extremely risky ...
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