
Yuri Gagarin
On April 12, 1961 the Soviet Union's Yury Gagarin became the first man in space, in a successful flight that lasted 108 minutes. Gagarin and his ...
Yuri Gagarin was bit of a hero to me while I was growing up. I was only four when he became the first man in space, on April 12th 1961, but I ...
First manned mission: Vostok 1 (12 April 1961).