65 Years On: How Yuri Gagarin Opened the Path to the Stars
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65 Years On: How Yuri Gagarin Opened the Path to the Stars

April 15, 2026
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Sixty-five years ago, on April 12, 1961, a single human orbit changed the course of history and redefined humanity’s place in the universe. On that morning, a Soviet rocket lifted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome carrying a young pilot whose name would become synonymous with the dawn of the space age.

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