The Soviet mission that made Yuri Gagarin the first human to travel into space and orbit the Earth, on 12 April 1961, a single orbit lasting 108 minutes.
Facts
Mission Type OutcomeSuccessful; Gagarin completed one orbit and landed safely, becoming the first human in space. 1 Mission Type
Mission Type (category) Connections
Associated With
Chief designer behind the Vostok spacecraft and program.
Source Encyclopedia Astronautica
Crewed By
Source Encyclopedia Astronautica
Operated By
Additional Source Vostok 1 (Wikipedia)Vostok 1, Wikipedia, lead section (Baikonur, Gagarin)
Spacecraft Of
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Vostok 1 (Wikipedia)Vostok 1 article, lead section (mission link)
Sources
1. Encyclopedia Astronautica
Encyclopedia Astronautica, Vostok 1 (astronautix.com/v/vostok1.html)
First manned spaceflight, one orbit of the earth. Strap attaching service module failed to separate from capsule, leading to wild ride before it burned through during re-entry.
- Crewed By: Yuri Gagarin
- Associated With: Sergei Korolev
2. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
3. Vostok 1 (Wikipedia)
Lead paragraph
the first human orbital spaceflight in history
Lead paragraph, target
The orbital spaceflight consisted of a single orbit around the Earth
Lead paragraph, outcome
making him the first human to reach orbital velocity around the Earth and to complete a full orbit around the Earth
Article text
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.
Operated By: Soviet space program, Vostok 1, Wikipedia, lead section (Baikonur, Gagarin)
The Vostok 3KA space capsule was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 12 April 1961, with Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin aboard
Spacecraft Of: Vostok 1, Vostok 1 article, lead section (mission link)
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.
In Group: Soviet Early Crewed Spaceflight Programs, Lead sentence
Vostok 1 (Russian: Восток, lit. 'East' or 'Orient') was the first spaceflight of the Vostok programme and the first human orbital spaceflight in history.
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