The first human to go into space.(Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin orbited the earth in April 1961)(Sidelights)

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* The first human to go into space was Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (photo below). Gagarin made a single orbit of Earth on April 12, ...

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ASK THE GLOBE
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