First Human to Journey into outer space

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin(Russian) was the first human to journey into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on April 12, 1961

                                                                                                                                           

  On 12 April 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into space, launched into orbit on the Vostok 3KA-3 spacecraft (Vostok 1)

   Vostok 3KA-3 spacecraft (Vostok 1)

Vostok I capsule used by Yuri Gagarin
 













Monument of Yuri Gagarin on Cosmonauts Alley in Moscow
 

 A larger-than-life statue of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin with his arms stretched toward the heavens stands at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the launch site of his historic April 12, 1961 spaceflight

First Human Spaceflight Blasts Off 

Russian Rouble commemorating Gagarin in 2001

  Gagarin Cosmonaut Training CentreThe training center for cosmonauts named after Yuri Gagarin  located in Star City, about 30 kilometers north of Moscow 

 

 

 

 

 A monument in honor of cosmonaut Yuriy A. Gagarin, the first human to fly in space, stands in front of a cosmonaut apartment building at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

50th anniversary

Today April 12, 2011 is the 50th anniversary of Gagarin's travel into space.

A film, entitled First Orbit was created to mark the 50th anniversary. Footage was shot from the International Space Station 

Expedition 27 crew aboard the International Space Station sent a special video message to the world to wish them a Happy Yuri's Night on the occasion of the 50th anniversary

In honor of Yuri's historic flight, the Australian Space Alliance (ASA) was officially launched on April 12, 2011

 

This year(2011)Russia is releasing these commemorative stamps to honor Gagarin's 108-minute orbital flight

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yuri Gagarin, and his award of the Hero of the Soviet Union