Did the USSR Murder the First Man in Space? The Yuri Gagarin Mystery

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[00:00:00]Did you know the first man in space may have been murdered by his own government? April 27th, 1968, Yuri Gagarin climbs into a training jet for what should be a routine flight. 20 minutes later, he's dead. The Soviets blame pilot error, case closed. But the truth was buried for decades. Classified files revealed military jets were secretly flying in the same airspace. No one warned Gagarin. His friend and fellow cosmonaut spent 40 years investigating. He found evidence of a cover-up that went all the way to the Kremlin. The hero who conquered space never saw it coming.