Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin

On April 12, 1961, the Soviet pilot Yuri Gagarin became the first person in the world history who made a flight into outer space. The flight purpose was to check the possibility of man’s stay in space, the ship equipment in flight and the connection with the Earth, make sure that the means of landing are reliable. After 108 minutes of flight, Gagarin successfully landed in the Saratov region.