“When I orbited the Earth in a spaceship, I saw for the first time how beautiful our planet is. Mankind, let us preserve and increase this beauty, and not destroy it!”

About Yuri Gagarin

Cosmonaut • Soviet

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space. His historic flight took place on April 12, 1961, when he orbited the Earth for 108 minutes aboard the...