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| − | '''Yuri Gagarin''' (1934-1968) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[cosmonaut]]. In 1961 he became the first human being to orbit the [[Earth]] on board of the [[Vostok 1]].<ref>[http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level1/gagarin.html NASA bio]</ref> | + | '''Yuri Gagarin''' (1934-1968) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[cosmonaut]]. In 1961 he became the first human being to orbit the [[Earth]] on board of the [[Vostok 1]].<ref>[http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level1/gagarin.html NASA bio]</ref> Owing to the Soviet Union's militant atheism, he declared upon landing that "The Earth was Blue, but there was no God." |
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