First In Space
The first human in space the flight of yuri gagarin a cosmonaut from the ussr came as a complete surprise to the world much to the pride and joy of the former soviet union.
First in space. During the flight the 27 year old test pilot and. On may 5 1961 shepard piloted freedom 7 the first manned mercury program mission. First pilot controlled space flight alan shepard first human space mission that landed with pilot still in spacecraft and thus the first complete human spaceflight by fai definitions.
It was a short flight only an hour and 45 minutes. Shepard completed a 15 minute suborbital flight to an altitude of 115 miles in the freedom 7 capsule. Yuri alekseyevich gagarin 9 march 1934 27 march 1968 was a soviet air forces pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space achieving a major milestone in the space race.
On april 12 1961 aboard the spacecraft vostok 1 soviet cosmonaut yuri alekseyevich gagarin becomes the first human being to travel into space. He was launched into space on april 12 1961 aboard the vostok 1. His capsule vostok 1 completed one orbit of earth on 12 april 1961.
First human spaceflight yuri gagarin first orbital flight of a manned vehicle. Riding on the soviet vostok 1 yuri gagarin becomes the first man in space. There was a key onboard in a sealed envelope in case of emergency.
Alan shepard becomes the first american in space. In case spaceflight caused gagarin to behave strangely the craft s controls were locked.