Updated Mar 09, 2021 | 05:59 IST
Every year, March 9 is celebrated as Yuri Gagarin s birth anniversary. He was the first human to journey into outer space. Gagarin s capsule Vostok 1 completed one orbit of the Earth on April 12, 1961 (Representative Image). | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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He was the first human to journey into outer space
Moscow: Born on March 9, 1934, Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet Air Forces pilot and the first human to journey into outer space. Gagarin was a cosmonaut who became an international rage after his space feat. Born in Klushino near Gzhatsk, Gagarin started working as a foundryman at a steel plant in Lyubertsy.