Template:Did you know nominations/Yuri Gagarin

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:13, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

Yuri Gagarin[edit]

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Yuri Gagarin in 1961

... that pilot-cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (pictured), the first human in space and the first to orbit the Earth, ejected from his descending spacecraft at about 7,000 metres (23,000 ft)? Source: "Why Yuri Gagarin Remains the First Man in Space, Even Though He Did Not Land Inside His Spacecraft

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Dolo hospital airstrike
Comment: HOLD for July 21

Improved to Good Article status by Coffeeandcrumbs (talk). Self-nominated at 08:54, 18 June 2019 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Good to go Hawkeye7 (discuss) 12:11, 18 June 2019 (UTC)