APRIL 1961
FIRST MAN IN SPACE
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space when he successfully completes a 108-minute flight, orbiting the Earth a single time. Following the flight Gagarin becomes a celebrity within the Soviet Union.
4 OCT 1957
SPUTNIK 1
The Soviet Union successfully sends the first man-made object into space, the world’s first orbital satellite. About the size of a beach ball,
