How the First Human Spaceflight Worked (Infographic)

Karl Tate, SPACE.com Infographics Artist

Date: 13 April 2011 Time: 07:53 AM ET

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See how the first human spaceflight by famed Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin occurred on April 12, 1961.

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