April 12, 1961

Yuri Gagarin orbits Earth

Name: Yuri Gagarin orbits Earth
Start: 1961-04-12

Vostok 1 makes Yuri Gagarin the first human in space and the first person to orbit Earth.

Canonical milestoneBaikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union1 timeline

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