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Who was the first human sent into space under Sergei Korolev's project?

  • Alan Shepard

  • Neil Armstrong

  • Yuri Gagarin

  • John Glenn

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The first human sent into space under Sergei Korolev's project was Yuri Gagarin. He was launched into space on April 12, 1961, aboard Vostok 1, and became the first person to make a single orbit of the Earth. Gagarin's flight was a major success for the Soviet Union and a significant milestone in the history of space exploration.
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