GAGARIN, YURI ALEKSEYEVICH

yooˈrē əlyĭksyāˈyəvĭch gägäˈrĭn, 1934–68, Russian astronaut (cosmonaut), b. near Gzhatsk, RSFSR. He was the first in history to be rocketed into orbital space flight. His flight on Apr. 12, 1961, lasted 1 hr. 48 min. and circled the earth once. The vehicle in which he traveled, named the Vostok [East], weighed over five tons; it reached a maximum altitude of 188 mi (303 km). All control over the spacecraft was handled from the ground, the pilot's reactions being carefully recorded. The success of this flight may be said to have opened the modern era of man in space. Gagarin was killed when a plane he was testing crashed.

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Term Paper Resource Guide to Twentieth-Century World History
Book by Michael D. Richards, Philip F. Riley; Greenwood Press, 2000
Subjects: History, Modern--20th Century, History, Modern--20th Century--Bibliography, History, Modern--20th Century--Sources--Bibliography
...oxfam.org . Contains the 1998 annual report and many other useful features. 62. YURI GAGARIN, THE FIRST MAN IN SPACE, 1961 Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin 1934 1968 , the first person in space, played a major part in the Soviet Unions remarkable...
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Hispanic/Latino Theology: Challenge and Promise
Book by Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz, Fernando F. Segovia; Fortress Press, 1996
Subjects: Hispanic American Theology--Congresses
...announced the forthcoming visit of Yuri Gagarin to the island on July 24 along with...Western Hemisphere. 20. Cuba to Hail Gagarin, Nez4, 1ork Times, 10 July 1961, A2. Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (1934-68) was the first man to orbit...
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Scientists and Scoundrels: A Book of Hoaxes
Book by Jerome Snyder, Robert Silverberg; Thomas Y. Crowell, 1965
Subjects: Science--Miscellanea
...The first human being to take a rocket ride through space was a Russian cosmonaut, Major Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin. On April 12, 1961, Major Gagarin clambered into a capsule mounted on a Soviet rocket and was blasted into an orbit that took...
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A Dictionary of Astronomy
Book by Ian Ridpath; Oxford University Press, 1997
Subjects: Astronomy--Dictionaries
...spherical in shape, launched by the former Soviet Union. The first human spaceflight was made in Vostok 1 by Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin 1934-68 , who orbited the Earth once on 1961 April 12. Later missions lasted up to five days. The sixth...


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Building Bridges: MIAMI "AMBASSADORS" VISIT RUSSIA
Journal article by Toni Fuss Kirkwood; Social Education, Vol. 65, 2001
Subjects: Curriculum enrichment--International aspects, High school students--Travel, Student exchange programs--Appreciation
...renowned researcher S. N. Fyodorov. The citizens point with pride to other famous native sons, including Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, the first human in space. Bikransky, Jennifer, and Tory quickly adapted to their new surroundings. They...


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Gagarin, Yuri Alekseyevich
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GAGARIN, YURI ALEKSEYEVICH yoo re lyiksya y vich gaga rin, 1934 68, Russian astronaut (cosmonaut...flight may be said to have opened the modern era of man in space. Gagarin was killed when a plane he was testing crashed...


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