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This Happened – April 12: Yuri Gagarin Makes Space History

Post author By lmacret
Post date April 12, 2024

Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet Air Force pilot and cosmonaut became the first human ever to travel into outer space on this day in 1961.

Tags 1961, april 12 1961, cold war, cold war space race, cosmonaut, first human in outer space, first outer space travel, outer space, soviet air force, soviet union, space race, vostok 1, yuri gagarin

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