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Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968) the Russian Soviet pilot and cosmonaut visiting London in 1961. On 12th April 1961, Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (1934-1968) was the first human to journey into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit around Earth. (Photo by Daily Herald Archive/National Science & Media Museum/SSPL via Getty Images)

Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968) the Russian Soviet pilot and cosmonaut visiting London in 1961. On 12th April 1961, Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (1934-1968) was the first human to journey into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit around Earth. (Photo by Daily Herald Archive/National Science & Media Museum/SSPL via Getty Images)