who is Yuri Gagarin and how did he find his way to being the first human in space?
Many say Gagarin’s warm smile and natural charm made him instantly loveable. However, his background was what made the Soviet government think him to be the perfect candidate to go down in history as the first Soviet citizen in space. A son of peasants, he comes from a small village of Klushino in Eastern Russia. While studying in a technical high school, he developed interest in flying and learned to fly a light aircraft. He than graduated from the pilot school, and in 1960 was selected to be on a 20-member flying squad of the Soviet Space Program. He was the one finally selected for the first manned mission on April 12. After his historic flight, Gagarin toured across many countries. He was restrained from flying however, out of Soviet government’s fears that the space legend might die prematurely, which was exactly what happened when Gagarin’s MiG-15UTI crashed on March 27 in 1968, killing him and a co-pilot. Space exploration – than and now Much progress has been made since the tim
