Yuri Gagarin information

Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Gagarin
Юрий Гагарин
	Gagarin in 1961
Born	Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin; 9 March 1934; Klushino, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	27 March 1968 (aged 34); Novosyolovo, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Cause of death	MiG-15 jet crash
Resting place	Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow, Russia
Occupations	Pilot; cosmonaut;
Spouse	Valentina Goryacheva (m. 1957)
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union; Order of Lenin; Pilot–Cosmonaut of the USSR;
	Space career
M.O.M. cosmonaut
Time in space	1 hour, 48 minutes
Selection	Air Forces Group 1 (1960)
Missions	Vostok 1
Military career
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Service/branch	Soviet Air Forces
Years of service	1957–1968
Rank	Polkovnik (Colonel)
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Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin^[a]^[b] (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who, aboard the first successful crewed spaceflight, became the first human to journey into outer space. Travelling on Vostok 1, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961, with his flight taking 108 minutes. By achieving this major milestone for the Soviet Union amidst the Space Race, he became an international celebrity and was awarded many medals and titles, including the nation's highest distinction: Hero of the Soviet Union.

Hailing from the village of Klushino in the Russian SFSR, Gagarin was a foundryman at a steel plant in Lyubertsy in his youth. He later joined the Soviet Air Forces as a pilot and was stationed at the Luostari Air Base, near the Norway–Soviet Union border, before his selection for the Soviet space programme alongside five other cosmonauts. Following his spaceflight, Gagarin became the deputy training director of the Cosmonaut Training Centre, which was later named after him. He was also elected as a deputy of the Soviet of the Union in 1962 and then to the Soviet of Nationalities, respectively the lower and upper chambers of the Supreme Soviet.

Vostok 1 was Gagarin's only spaceflight, but he served as the backup crew to Soyuz 1, which ended in a fatal crash, killing his friend and fellow cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov. Fearful that a high-level national hero might be killed, Soviet officials banned Gagarin from participating in further spaceflights. After completing training at the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy in February 1968, he was again allowed to fly regular aircraft. However, Gagarin died five weeks later, when the MiG-15 that he was piloting with flight instructor Vladimir Seryogin crashed near the town of Kirzhach.
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