See how the first human spaceflight actually occurred when the Soviet Union launched cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961. Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth for 108 minutes to usher ...

Vostok 1 (right), which carried Yuri Gagarin (left) into orbit, is seen here lifting off of the launchpad on April 12, 1961. ESA Sixty-two years ago today, on April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut ...