Tuesday, April 12, 2011
50th Anniversary of Human Spaceflight
Fifty years ago today Yuri Gagarin, a Russian cosmonaut, became the first human to journey into space. His spacecraft, Vostok 1, flew a mission of 108 minutes and completed one orbit of the Earth. He landed safely and became an international celebrity. Thus, the Space Race began....
A full length movie titled First Orbit, which chronicles Gagarin's historic flight, was released today on YouTube.
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