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Date of Birth |
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Childhood / Family |
His father
was a farmer, carpenter, cabinetmaker, and a bricklayer. His mom was a milkmaid.
Yuri has three brothers and sisters. Married with two children. |
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Education |
Yuri
attended the local school for six years and continued his education at
vocational and technical schools. His
favorite subject was mathematics. Graduated
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Military Service / Civilian |
Soviet Air force |
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Contribution to Space Travel |
In the space
ship Vostok 1, he orbited earth one time at an
altitude of 187 ¾ miles for 108 minutes and 18,000 miles an hour. He was the first man to see that the earth
was indeed round, mostly water, and magnificent. |
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Space Missions |
Vostok 1 |
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Outside Activities |
He loved
swimming, fishing, camping and hunting. He loved cars. |
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Interesting Fact(s) |
During the
war, the Nazis threw his family out of their home and took away two of his
sisters. Yuri helped his parents dig a
dugout where they lived until the war was over. |
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Status |
Yuri was
killed in a test plane crash on March 27, 1968. |
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Links |
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level1/gagarin.html http://www.abamedia.com/rao/gallery/gagarin/ http://www.kosmonaut.se/gagarin/index_article.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Gagarin http://www.astronautix.com/astros/gagarin.htm |
