Flight record
first and only flightFirst and only flight year 1961.
1Flight
1h 48mTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Russian: Ю́рий Алексе́евич Гага́рин, IPA: [ˈjʉrʲɪj ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ ɡɐˈɡarʲɪn]; 9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He became the first human to journey into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed one orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Klushino
- Education
- Saratov Pedagogical College; Orenburg Military Aviation Piloting High School; Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy; Lyubertsy technical school
- Awards
- International Space Hall of Fame; Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"; Medal "For Impeccable Service", 3rd class; Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Order of Karl Marx; and 23 more
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Vostok-K | Vostok 1April 12, 1961
Born 1934-03-09 · died 1968-03-27, aged 34