Gagarin: the first human in space

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On 12 April 1961, Yuri Gagarin orbited Earth in 108 minutes aboard Vostok-1. Launch: Baikonur, speed 28,000 km/h, orbit ~300 km. Before him only dogs had flown — nobody knew if a human could survive. "Poyekhali — let\u2019s go!" he said at launch.

●1957 — Sputnik 1: first satellite
●1961 — Gagarin: first human in space
●1963 — Tereshkova: first woman
●1965 — Leonov: first spacewalk

🏅 April 12 is the International Day of Human Space Flight — the whole world celebrates it.

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