3h 20min, apr 12, 1961 y - Yuri Gagarin First Man in Space
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International hero. Travelled in the Vostok 1 spacecraft.By 1962 the USA had caught up, launching 63 space missions compared to the USSR's 15.
From August 1960, the US Discoverer satellite from space was taking pictures of Soviet terriotory making the U-2 missions undeeded.
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3h 20min, apr 12, 1961 y
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~ 64 years ago