Yuri Gagarin : the first man on space.

• Yuri Gagarin

          Yuri A. Gagarin was a Russian cosmonaut. Hewas born on 9 March 1934, in Moscow, Russia.He joined the Russian Air Force in 1955. In1 959, Gagarin was selected for cosmonaut training by the Soviet space programme. On 12 April 1961, he became the first human in space on board the spacecraft Vostok 1 . His flight lasted for 108 minutes. During this period he went around the Earth once. Gagarin died in anair crash near Moscow on 27 March 1968.