Yuri Gagarin, First Man in Space

Friday, April 8, 2011 - 18:50 in Astronomy & Space

On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit the Earth, in the Vostok 1 spacecraft. See pictures of the historical flight and beyond in this gallery.

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