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.
Gagarin was a citizen of the USSR and an officer in the Soviet Air Force.
Yuri Gagarin of the USSR and Alan Shepard of the US, though his was a sub-orbital flight. John Glen was the first US astronaut to match Gagarin and orbit the Earth.
He was a Russian called Yuri Gagarin from the USSR.
Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), the First Secretary of the Communist party, and de facto leader of the Soviet Union, was one of the driving forces of the "space race" between Russia and the United States. Gagarin's orbital flight of April 12, 1961 edged out the US, which launched Alan Shepard into space a month later.
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin. (USSR)
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.
WHO WAS THE LEADER OF THE USSR WHEN YURI GAGARIN BECAME THE FIRST MAN TO GO INTO SPACE
He was from the USSR, the first man in space.
USSR, 1964, Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin
The USSR put Yuri Gagarin space in 1961
Yuri Gagarin of the USSR and Alan Shepard of the US, though his was a sub-orbital flight. John Glen was the first US astronaut to match Gagarin and orbit the Earth.
Gagarin was a citizen of the USSR and an officer in the Soviet Air Force.
The first man to go into space was a man called Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin. (USSR). He didn't land anywhere but was the first man in space. Quite an achievement don't you think
Yuri Gagarin of the USSR and Alan Shepard of the US, though his was a sub-orbital flight. John Glen was the first US astronaut to match Gagarin and orbit the Earth.
Yuri Gagarin of the USSR on 12 April 1961.