Vostok 1

1961 · Roscosmos · Low Earth orbit · Completed

Agency: Roscosmos
Status: Completed
End Date: 1961-04-12
Destination: Low Earth orbit
Launch Date: 1961-04-12

Objective

Gagarin, one orbit, 108 minutes. The capsule was flown almost entirely from the ground — nobody knew whether a human could function in weightlessness.

Open on the Cosmic Exploration shelf — the interactive card, the filters, and everything alongside it.

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