Yuri Gagarin
| The first cosmonaut Date of Birth: Country: Russia |
Content:
- Childhood and Education
- Military Service
- Cosmonaut Training and Spaceflight
- Post-Flight Activities
- Public Life and Honors
- Legacy
Childhood and Education
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was born on March 9, , in Gzhatsk (now Gagarin), Smolensk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. He was the son of Alexei Ivanovich Gagarin, a collective farmer, and Anna Timofeyevna Gagarin. In , Gagarin graduated from Lyubertsy Vocational School No. 10 and Lyubertsy School for Working Youth. He then attended Saratov Industrial Technical School, graduating in That same year, he graduated from Saratov Aeroclub.
Military Service
In , Gagarin joined the Soviet Army. He served as a fighter pilot in a fighter aviation regiment of the Northern Fleet until He was qualified as a "Military Pilot 1st Class."
Cosmonaut Training and Spaceflight
In , Gagarin was selected for the Soviet cosmonaut program. On April 12, , he became the first human in space when he orbited Earth in the Vostok 1 spacecraft for 1 hour and 48 minutes.
Post-Flight Activities
After his historic flight, Gagarin served as commander of the
Gagarin, Yuri
Born March 9, (Klushino, Russia)
Died March 27, (Near Moscow, Russia)
Russian cosmonaut
In the former Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first man-made space satellite (an object that orbits in space). Four years later, on April 12, , Soviet cosmonaut (astronaut) Yuri Gagarin made a successful orbit of Earth aboard the spacecraft Vostok. As the first human to fly in space, Gagarin represented a technical triumph for the Soviet Union. Since the end of World War II (–45) the Soviet Union had been engaged in the Cold War (–91), a period of hostile relations, with the United States. The two world powers were not only competing for military superiority but also racing to be the first to explore space. Gagarin's achievement, therefore, signaled that the Soviet Union was moving ahead in the Cold War. Although Gagarin did not make another space flight, he remained a national hero and a leader in Russia's cosmonaut training program. His death during a training mission in was mourned throughout the Soviet Union.
"He invited us all into space."
Neil Armstrong, Aviation Week and Space Technology
Prepares for aviation career
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Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin
Soviet Cosmonaut
When Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was born in , 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 collective farm where the family lived in Gzhatsk, about miles from Moscow. Gagarin senior chose to join the Russian army when his not-yet-famous son was seven years old. He wanted to protect his family from the German invaders and insisted that his wife take Yuri and his two older siblings away from the battlefront. There was no place near Moscow where Yuri could be accepted in elementary school, so instead he enrolled in a trade school in nearby Lyubertsy. When he graduated in , he had a degree in metal working but had become interested in aviation.
While he was continuing his education at an industrial school in Saratov, he began to take flying lessons. His teachers were quick to spot his unusual abilities, and he was soon moved to the cadet school in Orenburg, which would lead to a post in the Soviet air force. He completed his flight education in and immediately joined the air force, where other opportunitie
Yuri Gagarin: Facts about the first human in space
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human in space. In , he orbited Earth aboard the Vostok 1 space capsule, the first-ever crewed spacecraft. As a result, he became an international celebrity and received many awards for this achievement, both within and outside the Soviet Union.
Vostok 1 was Gagarin's only spaceflight. He was on the backup crew for the Soyuz 1 mission but wasn’t allowed to go to space after that mission ended in a fatal crash because officials worried that Gagarin, a national hero, would be killed. Though he was eventually allowed to continue flying regular aircraft, he died five weeks after being cleared to fly again, when his flight-training airplane crashed. The exact cause of the crash is still unknown.
Related: Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1: How the 1st human spaceflight worked (infographic)
Yuri Gagarin FAQs
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Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, was the first person in space and the first to orbit Earth.
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