1 ON 12TH April 1961 Yuri Gagarin, a Russian cosmonaut, 2 became THE first human TRAVELLING into space. Although his flight 3 lasted only 108 minuteS, its success made him A
4 national hero. He also became the first person To 5 EAT and DRINK in zero gravity, and he was able TO
6 view the Earth in a way that no one had done before.
7 Unfortunately, a plane crash in March 1968 made Gagarin's 8 desire of revisiting space IMPOSSIBLE. 9 After his DEATH, his hometown and the Cosmonaut Training 10 Center at Star City, Russia, WERE named after HIM.