‘3 july 1961’
(press conference in ‘helsinki’ / ‘finland’)
(‘age 27’)
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(Russian: Ю́рий Алексе́евич Гага́рин)
IPA: [ˈjʉrʲɪj ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ ɡɐˈɡarʲɪn]
(‘9 march 1934′ – ’27 march 1968’)
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*”Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin” was a soviet ‘pilot’ + ‘cosmonaut’*
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(he was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on ’12 april 1961′)
*age 27*
(‘Gagarin’ became an international celebrity, and was awarded many medals and titles, including ‘Hero of the Soviet Union’, the nation’s highest honour)
(‘Vostok 1’ marked his only spaceflight, but he served as backup crew to the ‘Soyuz 1’ mission (which ended in a fatal crash))
(‘Gagarin’ later became deputy training director of the ‘Cosmonaut Training Centre’ outside ‘Moscow’, which was later named after him)
(‘Gagarin’ died in 1968 when the MiG-15 training jet he was piloting crashed)
*he was 34*
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(the ‘Fédération Aéronautique Internationale’ awards the ‘Yuri A. Gagarin Gold Medal’ in his honor)
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥