1. YURI GAGARIN
FAMOUS ASTRONAUT

2. FACTS
Russian astronaut Born in 1934 First human to journey into space Space ship VostoK Completed one orbit of the earth He launched on 12 April 1961

3. Facts He only went around earth
A Russian astronaut is called a cosmonaut
There is a cosmonaut training centre named after Yuri Gagarin
Died in a crash in a jet
1 hour 48 minutes in space
One of 4 children
He was very short

4. FACTS Awarded many medals and titles Reached rank of colonel
Only trip to space

5. Trip around earth

6. Vostok 1