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Legends of Space, episode 2: Yuri Gagarin

Video. Legends of Space, episode 2: Yuri Gagarin

Updated: 16/02/2017 - 18:08 GMT+1

On April 12, 1961 cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space, an achievement that marks the beginning of human spaceflight and was humanity’s first step into the…

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