Gagarin Orbits Earth: First Human in Space
Yuri Gagarin strapped himself into the Vostok 1 capsule and shattered the final barrier between Earth and the cosmos, completing a full orbit in just 108 minutes. This single flight instantly shifted humanity's geopolitical reality, pushing the United States to accelerate its own space program and proving that human life could survive the vacuum of space.
April 12, 1961
65 years ago
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