YURI GAGARIN, the first human to travel into outer space, was born on March 9 1934, so let’s celebrate his birthday by ...

Epic journey: Yuri Gagarin, first man in space Then another figure ... In full dress uniform with medals gleaming on his chest, Gagarin was in high spirits, waving and smiling at the madly cheering ...

Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), a Soviet Air Force lieutenant, was chosen to be the first human to travel into outer space. His spacecraft launched and landed on April 12, 1961, in an extremely risky ...