Russia slams US for not naming Gagarin on Spaceflight Day
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Russia has criticized US State Department for circulating wrong information by not naming Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in a Facebook post on International Day of Human Space Flight. Since 2011 the day is being celebrated as the anniversary of the solo-orbit mission and Gagarin becoming the first man in space on April 12, 1961. But US State Department’s page said didn’t mention the person’s name who performed it.
