Yuri Gagarin: The First Hero and the Flights Erased From History

On 12 April 1961 Yuri Gagarin sat inside Vostok 1 at Baikonur. The spacecraft made one orbit of Earth in 108 minutes and returned. The Soviet Union announced that this was the first time a human had gone into space. Gagarin became a hero, and his name entered every history book.

On 12 April 1961 Yuri Gagarin sat inside Vostok 1 at Baikonur. The spacecraft made one orbit of Earth in 108 minutes and returned. The Soviet Union announced that this was the first time a human had gone into space. Gagarin became a hero, and his name entered every history book.

On 12 April 1961 Yuri Gagarin sat inside Vostok 1 at Baikonur. The spacecraft made one orbit of Earth in 108 minutes and returned. The Soviet Union announced that this was the first time a human had gone into space. Gagarin became a hero, and his name entered every history book.

On 12 April 1961 Yuri Gagarin sat inside Vostok 1 at Baikonur. The spacecraft made one orbit of Earth in 108 minutes and returned. The Soviet Union announced that this was the first time a human had gone into space. Gagarin became a hero, and his name entered every history book.