Vostok 3 Launches; Andrian Nikolayev First to Float in Microgravity, August 11, 1962
Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity.
Date: August 11, 1962
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