1st Man In Space

Yuri alekseyevich gagarin 9 march 1934 27 march 1968 was a soviet air forces pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space achieving a major milestone in the space race.
1st man in space. On april 12 1961 soviet cosmonaut yuri gagarin became the first person in space and the first to orbit the earth. It was test pilot joe kittinger. герой советского союза romanized. On april 12 1961 aboard the spacecraft vostok 1 soviet cosmonaut yuri alekseyevich gagarin becomes the first human being to travel into space.
His capsule vostok 1 completed one orbit of earth on 12 april 1961. Yuri gagarin was the first person to fly in space. The title hero of the soviet union russian. First man in space april 12 was already a huge day in space history twenty years before the launch of the first shuttle mission.
During the flight the 27 year old test pilot and. On february 5 1971 alan shepard the first american in space became the fifth astronaut to walk on the moon as part of the apollo 14 lunar landing mission. Few people know it but the first man in space wasn t an astronaut. On that day in 1961 russian cosmonaut yuri gagarin left on the way to the launch pad became the first human in space making a 108 minute orbital flight in his vostok 1 spacecraft.
When shepard heard the news he slammed his fist down on a table so hard a nasa public relations officer feared he might have broken his hand. It was another body blow to american pride. His flight on april 12 1961 lasted 108 minutes as he circled the earth for a little more than one orbit in the soviet union s vostok.