Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first person to journey into outer space during the first successful crewed spaceflight. He was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. Travelling on Vostok 1, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961.

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Who was born first?

• Yuri Gagarin and Alexey Leonov were born the same year
• Yuri Gagarin and Eugene Cernan were born the same year
• Yuri Gagarin and Valery Bykovsky were born the same year
• Yuri Gagarin and Viktor Gorbatko were born the same year
• Yuri Gagarin and Aleksei Yeliseyev were born the same year

Timeline

1. Aleksei YeliseyevJuly 13, 1934 – present
2. Alexey LeonovMay 30, 1934 – October 11, 2019
3. Eugene CernanMarch 14, 1934 – January 16, 2017
4. Valery BykovskyAugust 2, 1934 – March 27, 2019
5. Viktor GorbatkoDecember 3, 1934 – May 17, 2017
6. Yuri Gagarin (this page)March 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968

Related

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• Valentina TereshkovaMarch 6, 1937 – present
• Buzz AldrinJanuary 20, 1930 – present
• Michael CollinsOctober 31, 1930 – April 28, 2021
• Sally RideMay 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012
• John GlennJuly 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016
• William ShatnerMarch 22, 1931 – present
• Kalpana ChawlaMarch 17, 1962 – 2003