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NASA astronauts say world’s first man in space Gagarin ‘changed civilization forever’
NASA astronaut O’Hara said Gagarin was the authentic pioneer of the space exploration. INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, March 9. /TASS/. Yuri Gagarin's first space flight drastically changed our ...
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1961: Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space
Soviet cosmonaut Major Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first man in space on 12 April 1961. Major Gagarin orbited the Earth for 108 minutes, travelling at more than 17,000 miles per hour ...
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NASA honors Yuri Gagarin as first person in space
TASS/. The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) honors Yuri Gagarin as the first person in space, the agency said on Twitter. "We celebrate the International Human Space Flight ...
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The first human in space
The cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin went down in history as the first human ever to enter space. From humble beginnings he would attain the rank of senior lieutenant fighter as a pilot in the Soviet Air ...
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Presidential Visions for Space Exploration: From Ike to Biden
Kennedy's speech, which came just six weeks after cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to reach outer space, had a huge impact on NASA and space exploration. It jump-started the agency's ...
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First Emirati astronaut’s blast into space
NASA astronaut Flight Surgeon Thomas H ... AlMansoori and AlNeyadi pause for a thumbs up during training at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Russia. Photograph courtesy Mohammed ...