1961
Yuri Gagarin Becomes the First Human in Space
Baikonur · Kazakhstan · Discovery · The Modern Age
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'Poyekhali!' — 'Let's go!' — he said at launch on 12 April 1961, before landing by parachute in a field near Saratov.
The flight made Gagarin the most famous man on Earth and opened the age of human spaceflight.
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