The First Man In Space

On april 12 1961 aboard the spacecraft vostok 1 soviet cosmonaut yuri alekseyevich gagarin becomes the first human being to travel into space.
The first 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. During the flight the 27 year old test pilot and. The 1999 film the cosmonaut cover up takes the position that ilyushin was the first man in space and discusses the alleged cover up in detail. Yuri gagarin was the first person to fly in space.
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. First human in space youtube. If playback doesn t begin shortly try restarting your device. First man in space.
April 12 was already a huge day in space history twenty years before the launch of the first shuttle mission. His capsule vostok 1 completed one orbit of earth on 12 april 1961.