Answer the following Q with stream of consciousness. Passage: Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Russian: Ю́рий Алексе́евич Гага́рин, IPA: ( ˈjʉrjɪj ɐljɪˈksjejɪvjɪtɕ ɡɐˈɡarjɪn); 9 March 1934 -- 27 March 1968 ) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961.

Question: Based on this passage, who is the first person that went to space?
This is the relevant information: He was the first human to journey into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961. Therefore, the final answer is Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin.