"I see Earth! It's so beautiful!" On April 12, 1961, at age 27, Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space, and these were his first words. Yuri took a big risk. The rocket was far from ready and his friends urged him to wait. But the race was on and time was up. When he stepped into the space craft, Yuri knew that chances were pretty big that this could be his last step on Earth. Instead, he made history.
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I gazed out the window of the airport transfer bus when my mother, working in a nearby restaurant, rushed onboard with a newspaper in hand. "Read this," she pleaded, "please don't go."

 
 
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