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Who was the first person to enter outer space?

Yuri Artyukhin
Ivan Anikeyev
Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Baturin

Yuri Gagarin from the Soviet Union was the first human in space.

Sputnik 1
Soyuz-U2
Buran
Vostok 1

The rocket carrying Gagarin’s Vostok 1 spacecraft blasted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome at 6:07 a.m. local time at the Soviet Union launch site.

April 12, 1961
May 6, 1932
July 29, 1969
October 4, 1957

On April 12, 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space, ushering in the era of human spaceflight.

160 minutes
108 minutes
48 hours
23 hours

The total mission lasted just 108 minutes, and the trip once around the Earth at 17,500 mph (most of the way) took less than an hour and a half.

Yuri Gargin was not a Russian
Yuri Gargin did not control the spacecraft
Yuri Gargin was not inside the spacecraft when it landed
Yuri Gargin’s spacecraft landed on the water

The Vostok 1 wasn’t designed to land, so as it plummeted toward the Earth, Gagarin ejected and parachuted down to safety. Since Gagarin did not land inside his spacecraft, it didn’t count as a spaceflight in accordance with the regulations outlined by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI).

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