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1st Orbit of the Earth

Name: 1st Orbit of the Earth – Russia factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Russia · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1961Date range

1Named people

0Places

Chronological records

1961

Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin12 April 1961

Science / Astronomy

1st man to orbit the Earth, Vostok -1

Names involved

Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin

Provenance

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