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How a farm boy became the first human among the stars
Before anyone knew whether a human body could survive space, Yuri Gagarin volunteered to find out. In 1961, he climbed into a tiny capsule with almost no control systems and became the first person to ...
MOSCOW, Russia — Crushed into the pilot's seat by heavy G-forces, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin saw flames outside his spacecraft and prepared to die. His voice broke the tense silence at ground ...
(SOUNDBITE) (RUSSIAN) COSMONAUT YURI GAGARIN SAYING: ''I am immeasurably happy, that my dear homeland was the first in the human history to enter space.'' Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin won a place in ...
MOSCOW, Russia — Crushed into the pilot's seat by heavy G-forces, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin saw flames outside his spacecraft and prepared to die. His voice broke the tense silence at ground ...
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