who was yury gagarian?
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Russian: ÑÌÑÐ¸Ð¹ Ð°Ð»ÐµÐºÑÐµÌÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ Ð³Ð°Ð³Ð°ÌÑÐ¸Ð½; IPA: [ËjÊrÊ²Éªj ÉlÊ²ÉªËksÊ²ejÉªvÊ²ÉªtÉ É¡ÉËÉ¡arÊ²Éªn]; 9 March 1934 â 27 March 1968) was a Russian Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961.