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  1. Jun 5, 2021 · Learn about the history and meaning of the terms cosmonaut and astronaut, and how they relate to the International Space Station and the space race. Find out who were the first cosmonauts and astronauts in space and what they do.

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  2. List of cosmonauts. The first eleven Soviet cosmonauts, July 1965. Back row, left to right: Leonov, Titov, Bykovsky, Yegorov, Popovich; front row: Komarov, Gagarin, Tereshkova, Nikolayev, Feoktistov, Belyayev. All were awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union, worn on the left breast and the Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR decoration, worn on the right ...

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Yuri_GagarinYuri Gagarin - Wikipedia

    t. e. Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin [a] [b] (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who, aboard the first successful crewed spaceflight, became the first human to journey into outer space. Travelling on Vostok 1, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961, with his flight taking 108 minutes.

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  4. Apr 29, 2024 · Recent News. Yuri Gagarin (born March 9, 1934, near Gzhatsk, Russia, U.S.S.R. [now Gagarin, Russia]—died March 27, 1968, near Moscow) was a Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 became the first man to travel into space. The son of a carpenter on a collective farm, Gagarin graduated as a molder from a trade school near Moscow in 1951.

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  5. Apr 7, 2021 · How Russia's cosmonauts trained for space. While the faces of Nasa's Mercury Seven were splashed across the world's media, Russia's cosmonauts trained in secret, hidden from public view. On 13 ...

  6. Valentina Tereshkova. Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova [a] [b] (born 6 March 1937) is a Russian engineer, member of the State Duma, and former Soviet cosmonaut. She was the first woman in space, having flown a solo mission on Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963. She orbited the Earth 48 times, spent almost three days in space, is the only woman to have ...

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  8. Feb 25, 2020 · Learn how the Soviet Union chose its first group of cosmonauts in 1959 and 1960, and how they trained for the Vostok missions. See photos of the cosmonauts, their medical evaluations, and their spacecraft.