April 12, 1961.
Note: That was also Gagarin's last space flight.
He never went to space again.
The first manned spaceflight was made by Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961, aboard the Soviet spacecraft Vostok 1. Gagarin's historic flight made him the first human to travel into space and orbit the Earth.
Yuri Gagarin
All Shuttles were manned. STS-1.
The first manned space flight took place in 1961, when Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft.
On the 12th of April 1961
The Soviet Union achieved the first manned space flight on April 12, 1961, with cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin orbiting the Earth aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft.
The first manned flight in 1961 was conducted by Soviet astronaut Yuri Gagarin aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft. Gagarin became the first human to orbit the Earth during this historic spaceflight on April 12, 1961.
The first man to attempt manned rocket flight was Yuri Gagarin. He became the first human to journey into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on April 12, 1961.
The first manned spaceflight, made by Yuri Gagarin in 1961, lasted about 108 minutes from launch to landing.
The first manned space flight was by the U.s.s,R in the Sputnik.
The first manned flight was on April 12th 1961 with Yuri Gagarin. The first man landing on the Moon was on July 20th 1969. So it was a bit under 8 years.
The first manned space mission was performed by Yuri Gagarin, a Russian cosmonaut. The mission was called Vostok 1 and it took place April 12, 1961.