Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space when his Vostok 1 capsule completed a single orbit of Earth on April 12, 1961. The 108-minute flight was a defining milestone of the Cold War-era space race.
Record no. MRB-2026-005638
First Human to Travel into Space
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