First In Space

He was launched into space on april 12 1961 aboard the vostok 1.
First in space. There was a key onboard in a sealed envelope in case of emergency. His capsule vostok 1 completed one orbit of earth on 12 april 1961. On may 5 1961 shepard piloted freedom 7 the first manned mercury program mission. 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.
The first human in space the flight of yuri gagarin a cosmonaut from the ussr came as a complete surprise to the world much to the pride and joy of the former soviet union. On april 12 1961 aboard the spacecraft vostok 1 soviet cosmonaut yuri alekseyevich gagarin becomes the first human being to travel into space. First pilot controlled space flight alan shepard first human space mission that landed with pilot still in spacecraft and thus the first complete human spaceflight by fai definitions. Less than a month after gagarin s trip astronaut alan shepard became the first american to travel into space.
Shepard completed a 15 minute suborbital flight to an altitude of 115 miles in the freedom 7 capsule. During the flight the 27 year old test pilot and. Mpi getty images american astronaut alan shepard makes his way to safety aboard the rescue ship shortly after his splashdown in the atlantic ocean on may 5 1961. In case spaceflight caused gagarin to behave strangely the craft s controls were locked.
It was a short flight only an hour and 45 minutes. First human spaceflight yuri gagarin first orbital flight of a manned vehicle.