Gagarin
(Alexeyevich) (1934-1968) Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 became the first human in space aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1.
Gagarin was born in the Smolensk region. He became a pilot 1957, and on 12 April 1961 completed one orbit of the Earth, taking 108 minutes from launch to landing. He died in a plane crash while training for the Soyuz 3 mission.
Gagarin · Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin · Yuri Gagarin
Gagarin
IPA: / ɡaɡarin /Sovjetski kosmonaut, prvi čovek u svemiru 1961.
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