Posted on Apr 12, 2018

Yuri Gagarin

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April 12,1961, Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space as well as the first to orbit Earth.

I edited this to include more information. Thank you SSG Werstak!

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Yuri Gagarin

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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth

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Great history share David.

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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen

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Remember it well, kind of put a panic to the US who thought we were so far ahead of USSR.

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LCpl Shane Couch

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They may have been first in space, but we beat them to the moon.

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