#OTD in 1961, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to fly into space. His historic single orbit around the Earth took only 108 minutes from ignition to landing: s.si.edu/49yp7kj
Explore the differences between Yuri Gagarin's history-making spaceflight that occurred today in 1961, and Alan Shepard's spaceflight a few weeks later. airandspace.si.edu/explore/storie…
@airandspace US could’ve beat them, but Eisenhower held back the space program because of his dislike of Wernher von Braun.
@airandspace Yep, the defining moment in human history. The Soviet Union was the pioneer in space technology. This is probably the only & the greatest triumph of communism.
@airandspace Гагарин Юрий Алексеевич мы тебя помним!
@airandspace "If your happy and you know it clap your hands..👏😛