On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin lifted off from Baikonur in the Vostok I ... built for the Soviet manned Moon program was reapplied to ferry crews to space stations. Salyut 1, the first space ...

The cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin went down in history as the first human ever to enter space. From humble beginnings he would attain the rank of senior lieutenant fighter as a pilot in the Soviet Air ...

Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet Air Forces pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human travel into outer space: his capsule, Vostok 1, completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961.

Simple History Yuri Gagarin, First Human in Space (1961) Posted: December 11, 2024 | Last updated: December 11, 2024 At age 27 on the morning of 12 April 1961, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, was helped ...

Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), a Soviet Air Force lieutenant, was chosen to be the first human to travel into outer space. His spacecraft launched and landed on April 12, 1961, in an extremely risky ...