Claim: "The Space Foundation has erased the honors previously bestowed on Yuri Gagarin, the first man to ever be in space. His name was stripped 'in light of current events.
Fact-check: Honors not stripped from Yuri Gagarin over Russia's war
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Samantha Putterman
Date published: 2022-03-29T00:00:00