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Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet cosmonaut and the first human to journey into outer space on April 12, 1961. He orbited Earth aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1, making him an international hero and a symbol of Soviet space supremacy during the Cold War. Gagarin's historic flight paved the way for further human space exploration.

1934–1968·lived 34 years