Vostok 1
April 12, 1961 · Baikonur Cosmodrome
First human orbital spaceflight, 12 April 1961: the Vostok 3KA capsule launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome with Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin aboard. Gagarin completed one full orbit of Earth, reaching 327 kilometers altitude, in a 108-minute flight; he parachuted to the ground separately after ejecting from the capsule at 7 km.
