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Vostok 1 (Russian: Восток, East or Orient) was the first spaceflight of the Vostok programme and the first human orbital spaceflight in history. The Vostok 3KA space capsule was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 12 April 1961, with Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin aboard, making him the first human to reach orbital velocity around the Earth and to complete a full orbit around the Earth.
First one week spaceflight. Cooper becomes the first person to orbit the Earth on two different missions. 20 Frank Borman (1) Jim Lovell (1) 4 December 1965 Gemini 7: 18 December 1965 Gemini 7: First two-week spaceflight. First space rendezvous in history with Gemini 6A. 21 Wally Schirra (2) Thomas P. Stafford (1) 15 December 1965 Gemini 6A: 16 ...
1961 in spaceflight. ... aboard which Yuri Gagarin became the first man to orbit the Earth on 12 April 1961. Orbital launches; First: 31 January: Last: 22 December ...
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin [a] [b] (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who, aboard the first successful crewed spaceflight, became the first person to journey into outer space. Travelling on Vostok 1, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961, with his flight
Pilot Notes Vostok 1: 12 April 1961: 1 h 48 m: 12 April 1961: Yuri Gagarin: First man in space. Vostok 2: 6 August 1961: 1 d 1 h 18 m: 7 August 1961: Gherman Titov: First crewed mission lasting a full day. Vostok 3: 11 August 1962: 3 d 22 h 22 m: 15 August 1962: Andriyan Nikolayev: First simultaneous flight of two crewed spacecraft. Vostok 4: ...
On April 12th, 1961, Yuri Gagarin made history by becoming the first person to ever enter outer space. In the past 60 years we've seen massive advancements in manned space exploration, and it all ...
Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of ... Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961. Shortly ... to function in space, and to recover both pilot and ...
12 April 1961 Yuri Gagarin was the first human in space and the first in Earth orbit, on Vostok 1. 17 July 1962 or 19 July 1963 Either Robert M. White or Joseph A. Walker (depending on the definition of the space border) was the first to pilot a spaceplane, the North American X-15, on 17 July 1962 (White) or 19 July 1963 (Walker). 18 March 1965