NASA
Yuri Gagarin Launched a New Era in the History of Mankind

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umY92y25DrA?rel=0

Yuri Gargarin, the first person in space, cosmonaut Pavel Popovich, and others discuss the day he was sent into orbit. Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut during the Cold War and went into space in 1961 on the Vostok spacecraft. He was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union, the nation's highest honor.

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