Humans in Space
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By launching into space and returning back safely, Yuri "Cedar" Gagarin proved that humans could survive in space. Scientists had previously speculated the human body could not function properly in a zero-G environment or survive bombardment by cosmic particles. Since Gagarin, 462 other lucky people have flown in space.
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