it is named after Yuri Gagarin,who was the first man to fly in space(1996).after a few months' training,you are ready to go.But,of course,getting to mir is not as simple as getting to a normal hoilday destination.First,you catch a plane to Baikonur.where you board Soyuz, the spacecraft which is go ing totake you to Mir.Soyuz can't go into space.