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SPACE EXPLORATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was the first man in space and what country was he from?
A
Neil Armstrong, USA
B
Yuri Gagarin, Soviet Union
C
Alan Shepard, USA
D
John Wayne, USA
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Yuri Gagarin, in full Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, (born March 9, 1934, near Gzhatsk, Russia, U.S.S.R. [now Gagarin, Russia]-died March 27, 1968, near Moscow), Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 became the first man to travel into space.

Detailed explanation-2: -Yuri Gagarin from the Soviet Union was the first human in space. His vehicle, Vostok 1 circled Earth at a speed of 27, 400 kilometers per hour with the flight lasting 108 minutes. Vostok’s reentry was controlled by a computer.

Detailed explanation-3: -Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space. Travelling in the Vostok 1 capsule, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961.

Detailed explanation-4: -Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was born on 9 March 1934 in the village of Klushino near Gzhatsk (now in Smolensk Oblast, Russia). His parents, Alexei Ivanovich Gagarin and Anna Timofeyevna Gagarina, worked on a collective farm.

Detailed explanation-5: -The first human in space was the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who made one orbit around Earth on April 12, 1961, on a flight that lasted 108 minutes.

Detailed explanation-6: -Yuri Gagarin became the first man to journey into outer space. His achievement became a major milestone in the Space Race. His ship, the Vostok 1, completed a single orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961 before returning to Earth.

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