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First in Space: New Yuri Gagarin Biography Shares Hidden Side of Cosmonaut


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Gagarin was a young man of humble origins, studying at a technical school in Saratov to become a metal worker. Here he became interested in flying. A few years later he chose to join the air force. He wanted to become a pilot at all costs as if he had known what he was destined for.

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