12 April 1961

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Vostok 1

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Vostok 1 (Russian: Восток, lit. 'East' or 'Orient') was the first spaceflight of the Vostok programme and the first human orbital spaceflight in history. The Vostok 3KA space capsule was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 12 April 1961, with Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin aboard, making him the first human to reach orbital velocity around the Earth and to complete a full orbit around the Earth. The orbital spaceflight consisted of a single orbit around the Earth that reached a maximum altitude of 327 kilometers (203 miles; 177 nautical miles) and a minimum of 181 kilometers (112 miles; 98 nautical miles).

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Gagarin in SwedenArkiv: SydsvenskanPublic domainWikimedia Commons
VostokpanelTempePublic domainWikimedia Commons
Archivband über Gagarins Weltraumflug 1961Maximilian SchönherrCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons
Around the world in 89 minutesRobert M. ChapinPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Electrocardiogram of GagarinГабышев Дмитрий НиколаевичCC0Wikimedia Commons
History of books in Moscow 06Главархив МосквыCC BY 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Jurij Gagarin cardiogramPetar MiloševićCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons
NASA Press Conference Regarding Vostok 1 Flight - GPN-2002-000153NASAPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Vostok 1 orbit cscs:Redaktor:Adrian Czech description Li-sung at cs.wikipediaPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Shkhuna "Vostok" Sibirskoĭ flotilii, i shkhuna "Sibirii︠a︡". 1875UnknownUnknown — LoC, rights unverifiedLibrary of Congress
Konicheskie i︠u︡rty. Altaet︠s︡ stroit dver' aila na vostokUnknownUnknown — LoC, rights unverifiedLibrary of Congress

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