12 April 1961: Vostok 1 lifted off from the Kazakh S.S.R.'s Baikonur Cosmodrome, carrying Pilot Yuri Gagarin aboard a Vostok 3KA capsule atop a Vostok-K rocket; he became the first man in space during the orbital flight; the flight was entirely automatic, with Gargarin serving as a passenger; he ejected from the Vostok capsule after reentry & parachuted to earth ten minutes after the capsule.
Public Service Broadcasting, "Gagarin" from The Race for Space (Space Cadet Mike Papa Whiskey)
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