3 minutes ago64 years from first human space flight
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(a year ago)One of the major events of the decade occurred on April 12 when Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagar traveled into space and became the first man to travel in outer space in 1961. Its vehicle, Vostok 1 circled the Earth at a speed of 27,400 miles per hour with its 108th flight....
One of the major events of the decade occurred on April 12 when Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagar traveled into space and became the first man to travel in outer space in 1961.
Its vehicle, Vostok 1 circled the Earth at a speed of 27,400 miles per hour with its 108 - minute flight.
Cosmonaauti Yuri Gagarin, then 27, became the first man to enter space on April 12, 1961, on a mission seen as one of Russia and mankind's greatest achievements.
In 1981, NASA launched its first space shuttle Columbia in space, which marked a new era in space exploration.
Meanwhile, the American Civil War officially began this day in 1861 when the Confederate Forces opened fire at Fort Sumter, a federal bastion in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. /Periscope
