438,300 Hours Ago, Man First Entered Space | 108 Minute Orbit of Yuri Gagarin
1961 Russia, Soviet Union Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human being to enter space and orbit the earth. The journey around the world lasted 108 minutes after which Yuri neatly touched down via parachute into an empty field in Central Russia. History was made and the space race began, culminating eight years later with [...]
