Passage: Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Russian: Ю́рий Алексе́евич Гага́рин, IPA: ( ˈjʉrjɪj ɐljɪˈksjejɪvjɪtɕ ɡɐˈɡarjɪn); 9 March 1934 -- 27 March 1968 ) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961.\n\nQuestion: Based on this passage, who is the first person that went to space?
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Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin
This is the relevant information: He was the first human to journey into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961.

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Therefore, the answer is Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin