Juri Gagarin
Juri
Alekseijevitj Gagarin was the first human in space in 12 April, 1961. The
journey took 108 minutes when he traveled around the world. The journey
was 40 000 km long. After this he was a famous person. His hometown
Gazhatsk near Moskva changed name to Gagarin when he arrived from the
space. Juri Alekseijevitj
Gagarin died 1968 in an air crash
there he was practicing for a new journey to space.
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