Russian Ambassador to Ethiopia Evgeny Terekhin and General Director of the Ethiopian Space Science and Geospatial Institute Abdissa Yilma paid tribute to Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on Saturday by laying flowers at his bust in the institute.
On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin, etched his name in history as the first human to journey into space, successfully completing a 108-minute orbit around Earth aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft.