The first man in space was Yuri Gagarin from the Soviet Union. His historic 90-minute spaceflight in Earth orbit took place on 12th April 1961. Three months later he visited London and Manchester. This book is an account of the people he met, places he visited and the wider impact of his 5 days in England. With first-hand testimony from the people he met, this is a detailed record of his first visit to western country aligned closely to the United States during the Cold War.