But Yuri’s death is still felt ... he had pulled rank to jump ahead of the queue, Gagarin threw himself into his role as backup for Vladimir Komarov’s Soyuz 1 flight. Serious problems with ...

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Some 64 years ago to the day - April 12, in 1961 - Yuri Gagarin rocketed into space as ... His colleague Vladimir Aksyonov spoke to news agency Agence France-Presse about the events of March ...

Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, then 27, became the first human to enter space on April 12, 1961, in a mission seen as one of Russia’s – and humanity’s – greatest achievements. At the time ...

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