The Gagarin of 1967 was very different from the carefree young man of 1961.

1967年的加加林已经和1961年的那个轻松闲适的年轻人完全不同了。

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History books say that Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space, but was he?

历史书上说，尤里·加加林是第一个进入太空的人，但他真的是吗？

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There are statues and busts of him outside the Yuri A. Gagarin Russian State Science Research Cosmonaut Training Center.

在尤里a .加加林俄国国家科学研究宇航员训练中心的外面，有他的雕塑和半身像。

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But before NASA could send an astronaut into space, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet Union became the first person to travel in space.

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And a Soviet cosmonaut,Yuri Gagarin, was the first man in space.

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The accomplishment was soon followed by cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's historic manned spaceflight into Earth's orbit in 1961.

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The cosmonaut's family and friends, as well as a handful of people from the city of Gagarin, have been looking after the place as best they can.

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Indeed, the United States could have been the first nation to successfully launch a man into space, except that while it chose to conduct those last extra safety tests, the Soviet Union sent Yuri Gagarin into orbit and the history books.

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Russians from Leningrad to Petropavlovsk cheered the news about Gagarin, who had flown higher (188 miles) and faster (18, 000 mph) than anyone before.

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