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The first human spaceflight ever was an orbital flight. Yuri Gagarin launched on his single-orbit trip on Vostock 1 on April 12, 1961.

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The Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth in the Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961.

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