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At the Cape, the space race between the two superpowers was on and we were losing. The Soviets had shocked the world by putting up the first artificial satellite while the United States seemed unable to do much right. The Soviets followed up on Sputnik...
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Glenn circled Earth three times in just under five hours, America's space age dreams looping along with him. The Soviet Union launched Yuri Gagarin into orbit 10 months earlier, taking a triumphant lead in the space race. The United States put two...
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U.S. astronaut Michael Fossum, left, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Volkov, center, and Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa pose in front of a monument to Soviet cosmonaut, the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, during the official welcome ceremony at Russian... View Photo »
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Friendship 7 circled the Earth three times, a total of four hours, 55 minutes and 23 seconds. That was nearly three times as long as Yuri Gagarin, the first cosmonaut to circle the Earth — but well short of Gherman Titov’s subsequent 25-hour excursion.
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She lives near Washington, D.C. Roberts praised the wives who endured the hardships back then. He recalled how he and his colleagues worked 16- and 18-hour days, seven days a week, especially after the Soviet Union grabbed the prize of first spaceman...
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On Feb. 20, 1962, Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth with a five-hour flight aboard the Friendship 7 capsule, Reuters reported. Ten months earlier, the Soviet Union had launched cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin into space. NASA officials,...
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Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa stands in front of a picture of Yuri Gagarin, during a news conference at the Star City cosmonaut training centre, outside Moscow, December 15, 2011. Furukawa was part of a three man team that landed in Kazakhstan on... View Photo »
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Fifty years ago, the Soviet Union was crushing the U.S. in a battle for technological and ideological supremacy. The Soviet Union in 1957 shocked the world with the surprise launch of Sputnik, the world's first man-made satellite. Then in April 1961,...
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Fifty years ago, the Soviet Union was crushing the U.S. in a battle for technological and ideological supremacy. The Soviet Union in 1957 shocked the world with the surprise launch of Sputnik, the world's first man-made satellite. Then in April 1961,...
About Yuri Gagarin
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Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin (Russian: Ю́рий Алексе́евич Гага́рин, Jurij Aleksejevič Gagarin Russian pronunciation: [ˈjurʲɪj ɐlʲɪˈksʲeɪvʲɪtɕ gɐˈgarʲɪn]; 9 March 1934 - 27 March 1968), Hero of the Soviet Union, was a Soviet cosmonaut. On 12 April 1961, he became the first human in space and the first to orbit the Earth. He received medals from around... Full Article
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Yelena Gagarina, daughter of the late cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, delivers a speech during a reception dedicated to the upcoming Day of Aviation and Cosmonautics and the 50th anniversary of Gagarin's historic first space flight celebrated on April 12, in Moscow April 11, 2011.
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A statue of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin is temporary displayed at the All-Russian Exhibition Center (VVTs) in Moscow, on April 8, 2011. The statue, a replica of the Gagarin monument in in Lyubertsy, a city in Moscow's southern outskirts, will be unveiled in London on July 14 as part...
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Yuri Gagarin memorabilia is on display during the opening of an exhibition at the Memorial Museum of Astronautics in Moscow April 8, 2011. Russia will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's historic first space flight on April 12.
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A relief portrait of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, left, and a Soviet hammer and sickle emblem with the words, "Eternal glory to Gagarin", are displayed at an exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of the first manned flight into space at the Museum of Modern Russia's History in Moscow,...
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A plaque and some flowers are pictured at the base of a statue of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in central London, on July 14, 2011, following the unveiling of the statue by the cosmonaut's daughter Elena Gagarina and Britain's Prince Michael of Kent. Gargarin became the first man in...
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Elena Gagarina, the daughter of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, talks to the media after unveiling a statue of him outside the British Council headquarters in central London July 14, 2011.
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The International Space Station (ISS) crew flight engineers Catherine "Cady" Coleman of the U.S. (R) and Italian Paolo Nespoli (L) and Russian cosmonaut and station commander Dmitry Kondratyev pose for a picture in front of the monument of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, during a...
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Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa smiles in front of a poster of Yuri Gagarin at the Baikonur cosmodrome June 3, 2011. Furukawa is part of a three-man team is scheduled to blast off for the International Space Station on June 7.
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Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (R), U.S. astronaut Michael Fossum (L) and Russian cosmonaut Sergey Volkov walk along the Kremlin walls towards the tomb of Yuri Gagarin on Moscow's Red Square May 16, 2011. The three-man team is scheduled to leave for the International Space Station...
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Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa pays his respects at the tomb of Yuri Gagarin on Moscow's Red Square May 16, 2011. Furukawa is part of a three-man team scheduled to leave for the International Space Station on June 7.
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Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (R), U.S. astronaut Michael Fossum (L) and Russian cosmonaut Sergey Volkov sign the guest book in the former office of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, in the Star City space centre outside Moscow May 16, 2011. The three-man team is scheduled to...
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People watch the launch of a model rocket shaped in the form of Paris' Eiffel Tower during a celebration of the 50th anniversary of Russia's Yuri Gagarin's first manned flight into space, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, April 17, 2011.
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An electrician works under an installation by Vadim Maryasov and Alexey Martins on the eve of the Museum night called "Weightlessness", dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first space flight, at the Museum of modern art in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, April 15,...
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Artist Igor Lazarev finishes his installation on the eve of the Museum night called "Weightlessness", dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first space flight, at the Museum of modern art in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, April 15, 2011.
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The International Space Station (ISS) crew U.S. Astronaut Scott Kelly (L), Russian Cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka (R) and Alexander Kaleri take part in a traditional welcoming ceremony, with a portrait of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, in the background, in Star City outside Moscow...
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The International Space Station (ISS) crew U.S. Astronaut Scott Kelly (R), Russian Cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka (L) and Alexander Kaleri pose for a picture in front of the monument of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, during a traditional welcoming ceremony in Star City outside...
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Russian cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka, right, and Alexander Kaleri, center, and US astronaut Scott Kelly, left, stand in front of a giant portrait of Soviet cosmonaut, the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, during the official welcome ceremony at Russian Space Training Center in Star City...
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Fireworks explode over Moscow to mark the 50th anniversary of the first man in space, Russia's Yuri Gagarin, on Tuesday, April 12, 2011.
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Spectators watch fireworks organised to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's historic space flight, in Moscow's Victory Park April 12, 2011.
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Members of a creative group hold placards with portraits of Yuri Gagarin and wear cosmonaut costumes during a performance in Moscow April 12, 2011. Russia on Tuesday celebrates the pioneering flight on April 12, 1961 that made Yuri Gagarin the first man in space.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) speaks with Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi (R) during a reception marking a half century since Gagarin became the first man in space in the Moscow Kremlin on April 12, 2011. Legendary astronauts, including a veteran of the US Apollo programme and...
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Children watch a model rocket blast off during celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's first manned flight into space in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, April 12, 2011.
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People participate in a flashmob rally to mark the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's mission, the first human spaceflight, in downtown Moscow, Tuesday, April 12, 2011. The letters on helmet are acronym for the USSR, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics.
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A cadet salutes beneath the monument to Yuri Gagarin during a remembrance ceremony on Gagarin Square in Moscow April 12, 2011. Russia on Tuesday celebrates the pioneering flight on April 12, 1961 that made Yuri Gagarin the first man in space.
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