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The first flight into space

The first human flight into space (1961)

• Yuri Gagarin is the world's first cosmonaut to fly into space. Yuri Gagarin's spaceship called « Vostok-1 » was launched on April 12, 1961 . The first space flight aroused great interest around the world, and Yuri Gagarin himself became a world celebrity.

Streets and cities in many countries of the world are named after Yuri Gagarin.

The name of Yuri Gagarin is familiar to all Russians since childhood. He was the first person living on Earth to go into space. The famous pilot-cosmonaut became a legend and a role model not only for Soviet citizens, but also for many residents of other countries of the world. After the space flight, Gagarin was actively engaged in international public activities.

April 12, 1961

This date has forever entered the history of mankind. The first space flight lasted 108 minutes

. These days, when there are many months of expeditions on orbiting

space stations, it seems very short. But each of those minutes was different.

the discovery of the unknown.

Yuri Gagarin's flight proved that a person can live and work in space. So there was a new profession on Earth-an astronaut.