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Bookmark or Share- Yuri Gagarin: First Human in Space - NASA ScienceOn April 12, 1961, the era of human spaceflight began when the Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit the Earth in his Vostock I spacecraft. The flight lasted 108 minutes.
- Yuri Gagarin - WikipediaYuri Alekseyevich Gagarin[a][b] (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who, aboard the first successful crewed spaceflight, became the first human to journey into outer space. Travelling on Vostok 1, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961, with his flight taking 108 minutes.
- Yuri Gagarin: Facts about the first human in space | SpaceYuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human in space. In 1961, he orbited Earth aboard the Vostok 1 space capsule, the first-ever crewed...
- Biography of Yuri Gagarin, First Man in Space - ThoughtCoYuri Gagarin was the first man in space. Learn more about Gagarin's role in the Soviet space program and his historic trip into Earth's orbit.
- Remembering Yuri Gagarin 50 Years Later - NASAWith that one Russian word, meaning “Let’s go!” on April 12, 1961, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to become the first human to travel in space. Upon his return from his history-making single orbit of Earth, the Soviet Union treated Gagarin as a national hero.
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