Yuri Gagarin First Human in Space, Vostok 1, April 12, 1961
Space Race: The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first crewed orbital flight, Vostok 1.
Date: April 12, 1961
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