Yuri Gagarin

Famous People

Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

Yuri Gagarin was the first person to orbit the earth in a spacecraft. The Russian government sent him and his wife on a world tour so that everyone would know about the success of its space program.

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Focus

topic-based
academic
4-skills
biography
Russia
space travel

Vocabulary

orbit
launch
survive
cosmonaut
altitude
parachute
hero
commander
train
crater
achievement
shuttle
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A spinning paper plane