April 12, 1961, will always be remembered in history as the day
when Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who was only 27 years old at the
time, became the first man in space. Sputnik remembers Gagarin and
his historic flight by sharing 10 commonly unknown facts about the
world’s first cosmonaut.
Yuri Alekseyevich
Gagarin became the first man in outer space when the Vostok-1
spacecraft with the Soviet cosmonaut on board was launched
from the Baikonur space center on April 12, 1961, at 6:07
AM local time, marking a new era in human history.