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/ɡəˈɡæɹən/
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NOUN
- Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 was the first person to travel in space (1934-1968)
How To Use Gagarin In A Sentence
- Gagarin was pushed by the Soviets as the epitome of the Communist ideal.
- A turbulence or a shock wave from that plane crossing the sound barrier could have shattered Gagarin's plane cockpit and knocked him and his crewmate unconscious as their MiG-15 fell into a steep dive and slammed into a forest. Cosmonaut: Russia needs space innovation now
- Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first man to orbit the Earth.
- It is a huge subject, but Munro, director Roxana Silbert and designer Ti Green admirably convey the excitement of scientific progress: the sight of a Sputnik model rotating like a silver ball and an aerially suspended Gagarin spinning through the cosmos is exhilarating. Little Eagles – review
- Mr Sellers, who has spoken about how Yuri Gagarin's first adventure into space sparked his desire to become astronaut, did a Bachelor of Science degree in ecological science at the University of Edinburgh, before a PhD in biometeorology at Leeds University. Kos RSS Feed
- Svetlana Savitskaya made the statement Monday as Russia was celebrating the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's mission. The Seattle Times
- To make matters worse, even if Shepard's flight was totally successful, it wouldn't even match what the Soviets accomplished during Yuri Gagarin's space debut three weeks earlier.
- Earlier Tuesday, Coleman's station crewmate astronaut Ron Garan noted that Gagarin's flight and the first shuttle launch were byproducts of a space race between two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union. Space shuttles' last stop: museums around the country
- On April 12, 1961, the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin aboard Vostok 1 lifted off into space to achieve the first Earth orbit.
- Some forty years ago, the Soviets took the bull by the horns and launched Yuri Gagarin into space.