JOHN - YURI GAGARIN

 On April 12, 1961, Gagarin became the first human to travel into space aboard thespacecraft Vostok 1.                                   Yuri was the third of four children of a carpenter father, her older sister was in charge of caring for him while their parents worked. Gagarin described him as intelligent and hardworking boy. His mathematics teacher fought the Red Army Air during the Great Patriotic War, a fact that impressed the young Gagarin.
Yuri was a steelworker until 1954, when it is targeted at the airfield in the city of Saratov. He learned to fly a light aircraft, a hobby that became increasingly more intense. In 1955, after completing his technical studies, he entered the Military School of Pilots of Orenburg. Duringhis stay in the school met with Valentina Goricheva whom he married in 1957 after getting hispilot's wings. In 1959 he ran for first spaceflight.