Yuri
Alekseyevich Gagarin was the first cosmonaut in the world. He was born in 1934
in the village in Russia. He was the first man. Yura was a brave boy.His parents worked on the farm. In 1951 Gagarin graduated from the school near
Moscow. Yuri
Gagarin attended an aeroclub and began to fly. In 1955 he entered a school for
pilots. Then
he became a pilot. In 1960 Gagarin began to prepare for the flight into space.
On April 12, 1961
Yuri Gagarin flew into space and spent 108 minutes there. He was in the Russian
spaceship «Vostok». Many people all over the world know and love
him. Gagarin became a Hero of our country. He died in 1968.