Vostok 1 Mission
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Spacecraft Stage
Vostok
Crew
Yuri Gagarin
Mission
Vostok 1
Mission Type
Human Exploration
Destination
Low Earth Orbit
The first crewed space launch & the first orbital launch. It carried the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin who completed 1 orbit before safely re-entering the atmosphere, he ejected from his capsule at an altitude of 7 km in order to parachute safely to the ground. The mission lasted 108 minutes.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:53pm UTC
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