Actor
Born Mar 9, 1934 · Klushino, Soviet Union
Active 2022–1968 · 5′5″ (165 cm) · Awards: Hero of the Soviet Union, Gold Star medal, Order of Lenin, Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR, Hero of Socialist Labour of Czechoslovakia, Hero of Socialist Labour of Bulgaria, Order of Georgi Dimitrov, Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st class
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet Air Forces pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human travel into outer space: his capsule, Vostok 1, completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961.