apr 12, 1961 - First man in space
Description:
Fact 1: 27-year-old Yuri Aleksey Gagarin was the first ever human to launch into spaceFact 2: 108-minute orbital flight in his Vostok 1 spacecraft.
Plot twist: Yuri died during re-entry, and Russia didn’t push America to work as hard because of it.
Added to timeline:
Date:
apr 12, 1961
Now
~ 64 years ago