April 12, 1961 (February 27, 1901), the first human excursion in space. Soviet astronaut Yuri Gagarin the first person to go into space



Gagarin into space first
multiplied 10,395 pounds Vostok 1 spacecraft in 1961 launch April 12 9:07 Moscow time to a maximum height of 310 km orbit around the earth, which lasted one hour and 29 minutes, landing at 10:55 in the Soviet Union. The global space flight, the 27-year-old Air Force Major Gagarin famous; he was awarded the Order of Lenin, and was awarded the Hero of the Soviet and Soviet astronauts title, and Gagarin named the street, he built the monument. when the first
released about official reports of space flight, a Moscow radio announcer excitedly said: "The Soviet Union has successfully man into space. "Notice the replay 3 times. According to the Tass news agency reported, (history TodayOnHistory.com) in his historic space flight, Gagarin said only one sentence is: "Flying normal. I'm fine. The "
first manned spacecraft Vostok 1