- Born
- March 9, 1934
- Died
- March 27, 1968 (aged 34)
- Place of birth
- Klushino, Soviet Union
- Also known as
- Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, Юрий Алексеевич Гагарин, Youri Alexeïevitch Gagarine, Juri Alexejewitsch Gagarin
Biography
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet Air Forces pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human travel into outer space: his capsule, Vostok 1, completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961.