apr 12, 1961 - Yuri Gagarin & USSR
Description:
On April the 12th 1961, Gagarin was the first person to be launched into planetary orbit, and the first person to experience authentic Zero Gravity.Not only did science as a whole gain a lot of information (the human body in zero-g, physics and vision in real orbit, etc.), but the Soviet Union also gained a huge lead in the Space Race.
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Date:
apr 12, 1961
Now
~ 64 years ago