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Assigned to the far north, Gagarin gained expertise in flying in adverse conditions. He was promoted to Senior Lieutenant in 1959, and in 1960 was selected as one of twenty cosmonauts for the Soviet space program. A Soviet Air Force doctor evaluated him as follows:
 
{{quote| '''Doctor''': Modest; embarrasses when his humor gets a little too racy; high degree of intellectual development evident in Yuri; fantastic memory; distinguishes himself from his colleagues by his sharp and far-ranging sense of attention to his surroundings; a well-developed imagination; quick reactions; persevering, prepares himself painstakingly for his activities and training exercises, handles celestial mechanics and mathematical formulae with ease as well as excels in higher mathematics; does not feel constrained when he has to defend his point of view if he considers himself right; appears that he understands life better than a lot of his friends.}}
 
Gagarin finished in the top six of the twenty candidates, and was subjected to further intensive training. He became one of the finalists for the first manned space flight thanks to his exemplary performance in training and his short height of 1.57 meters (5 feet 2 inches), which would let him fit in the cramped Vostok capsule. Finally, when the twenty cosmonauts were asked to choose whom they believed should be the first man in space, seventeen of them chose Gagarin. It was decided he would be the man for the pioneering flight.
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* ''[[Doctor Who]]'': A display about him appears in the transportation museum in "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S6 E5 The Seedsof Death|The Seeds of Death]]" next to a display about the flying machine of [[Leonardo da Vinci]], and about [[Teleporters and Transporters]].
* ''[[The Hunt for Red October]]'': Mentioned in a speech by Captain Ramius.
{{quote| '''Ramius''': It brings me back to the heady days of Sputnik, and Yuri Gagarin, when the world trembled at the sound of our rockets. And they will tremble again, at the sound of our silence.}}
* ''[[Infinite Space]]'': One of the heroes is a "launcher" named Yuri.
* ''[[Mass Effect]]'': Gagarin Station is the largest human space station and center for advanced research and development for the Systems Alliance, and a star is named for him.
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* [[I Can See My House From Here]]
* [[Mistaken for Aliens]]: What happened after he landed.
{{quote| '''Peasant''': Can it be that you have come from outer space?<br />
'''Gagarin''': As a matter of fact, I have! }}
* [[The Napoleon]]: Averted. He was all of 5'2" but this worked to his advantage in the cramped Vostok spacecraft. Nor was he sensitive about his height.
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