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Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin (1934-1968) was an Soviet cosmonaut, who in 1961 became the first human in space aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1.

Short Biography:

Born in the Smolensk Region, son of a farmer, he qualified as a foundryman. He became a pilot in 1957, and on 12 April, 1961, completed one orbit of the Earth, taking 108 minutes from launch to landing.

He died in a plane crash while training for the Soyuz 3 mission.

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