Who was the first man in space?

Astronaut Yuri Gagarin

Explanation:

Yuri Gagarin was born near Moscow, Russic on March 9, 1934 and died on March 27, 1968. On April 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel to sapce! The name of his spacecraft was Vostok 1. Vostok 1 had two sections. One section was for Yuri to live in. The second section was for supplies needed for Yuri to live such as oxygen and water. Alot of people say the first man in space is Alan Shepard but that is incorrect, he was the first american astronaut in space.

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