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The first human in space was:
  1. Alan Shepard
  2. Yuri Gagarin
  3. John Glenn
  4. Vostok Klichenko
Explanation
Answer: B - Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space on April 12, 1961. He orbited the Earth once in his Vostok spacecraft before returning. American Alan Shepard ventured into space less than one month after Gagarin achieved the feat, becoming the second human to leave Earth's orbit and the first American.
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