Yuri Gagarin
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Yuri Gagarin is often referred to as ‘The Columbus of The Cosmos’. The territories he explored were of course very different to those of Columbus, but are no less amazing. Orbit the earth with Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space at the age of 27, as his inspirational story comes alive through BioViews®.
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William Boeing
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