[DOC] [TLE] First man in space - Apr 12, 1961 - HISTORY.com [PAR]  [DOC] [TLE] First man in space - Apr 12, 1961 - HISTORY.com [PAR] Apr 12, 1981 ... On April 12, 1961, aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin becomes the first human being to travel into space. During the flight, the 27-year-old test pilot and industrial technician also became the first man to orbit the planet, a feat accomplished by his space capsule in 89 minutes. [DOC] [TLE] Yuri Gagarin: First Man in Space - Space.com [PAR] Jul 24, 2012 ... On 12 April 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into space when he launched into orbit on the Vostok 3KA-3 spacecraft (Vostok 1). ... The Russians scored a victory when they launched a small craft carrying cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin to new heights. [DOC] [TLE] NASA - Yuri Gagarin: First Man in Space [PAR] Apr 13, 2011 ... Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space on April 12, 1961 ... and Soviet 
spacecraft and to open the way for future joint manned flights. [DOC] [TLE] Yuri Gagarin - Wikipedia [PAR] Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Russian Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was 
the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok ... On a 
recommendation, Gagarin was sent to the First Chkalov Air Force Pilot's School 
in Orenburg,... [DOC] [TLE] Why Yuri Gagarin Remains the First Man in Space, Even Though He ... [PAR] Apr 12, 2010 ... When it was apparent that the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist 
Republics were planning to launch men into space, the FAI... [DOC] [TLE] 6 Surprising Facts About the First Manned Space Mission [PAR] Apr 6, 2011 ... ... facts about Vostok 1, the mission that made Yuri Gagarin the first man in space. 
... Soviet Air Force pilot when he made his first and only trip into space. ... 
treasure, too valuable to send on such a dangerous mission again. [DOC] [TLE] Russia Lied About How The First Man In Space Died - Jalopnik [PAR] Jun 17, 2013 ... On March 27, 1968, the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, died. ... passing close to 
Gagarin, turning his plane and thus sending it into a tailspin  a deep ... Because 
of the Soviets' desire to keep Gagarin as a pure propaganda... [DOC] [TLE] The Soviet Union is first to the Moon | History Today [PAR] The space race between the United States and the Soviet Union brought an ... 
Sputnik 2 took the first living creature out into space, a sweet-tempered dog ... to 
swing round the far side of the Moon and send back the first fuzzy pictures of ... 
strictly secret), Korolev went on to put the first man into space, Yuri Gagarin, in 
1961. [DOC] [TLE] BBC ON THIS DAY | 12 | 1961: Soviets win space race - BBC News [PAR] The Soviet Union beats the USA in the race to get the first man into space and ... 
He sent the cosmonaut a message from his holiday home on the Black Sea. [DOC] [TLE] April 12, 1961: Soviets Orbit Gagarin, First Human in Space | WIRED [PAR] Apr 12, 2011 ... 1961: Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to enter space and the 
first to orbit the Earth, helping boost the Soviet space program... [DOC] [TLE] Lost Cosmonauts - The Tombs in Space | The Unredacted [PAR] Mar 8, 2016 ... Did lost cosmonauts make it into space before Yuri Gagarin? ... cosmonaut Yuri 
Gagarin had become the first man to journey into outer space. .... cosmonaut was 
actually one of the many dogs the Soviets sent up into space. [DOC] [TLE] Biography of the First Man in Space - Yuri Gagarin [PAR] On board Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made history on April 12, ... 
flight, he was confident that soon they would be sending a man into space. ... 
Later, Gagarin would be chosen to be the first man into space because of these 
skills. [DOC] [TLE] The Sad Story of Laika, the First Dog Launched Into Orbit | TIME [PAR] Nov 3, 2014 ... All of

Question: Soviets Send First Man Into Space!
Answer: 1961