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Yuri Gagarin
First human in space; orbited Earth on 12 April 1961 in just 108 minutes; a global hero
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Key Facts
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First human in space: orbited Earth in Vostok 1 on 12 April 1961; flight lasted 108 minutes
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Said "Poyekhali!" (Let's go!) at launch; instantly became a global hero; visited 30 countries after his mission
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12 April is celebrated as "Yuri's Night" (World Space Day); Gagarin died in a MiG-15 training jet crash in 1968 at age 34
π Did you know? Gagarin's famous word on entering space was "ΠΠΎΠ΅Ρ Π°Π»ΠΈ!" (Poyekhali! β "Let's go!") β simple but historic
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1961
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First human in space