Human Spaceflights

International Flight-No. 1

Vostok 1

USSR

 Patch Vostok 1

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:  12.04.1961
Launch time  06:07 UT
Launch site:  Baikonur
Launch pad:  1
Altitude:  181-327 km
Inclination:  64,95°
Landing date:  12.04.1961
Landing time:  07:55 UT
Landing site:  26 km SW of Engels
Yuri Gagarin

Crew

No.   Surname Given name Job Flight No. Duration Orbits
1 USSR  Gagarin  Yuri Alekseyevich  Pilot Cosmonaut 1 1h 48m  1 

Crew seating arrangement

1  Gagarin
Vostok

1. Double Crew

No.   Surname Given name Job
1 USSR  Titov  German Stepanovich  Pilot Cosmonaut
German Titov

2. Double Crew

No.   Surname Given name Job
1 USSR  Nelyubov  Grigori Grigoriyevich  Pilot Cosmonaut
Grigori Nelyubov

Flight

First human spaceflight; launch from Baikonur; landing near Smelovka north of Usmorye (26 km southwest of Engels).

Gagarin had complete radio contact to mission control during his flight; a camera on board sent videos to ground control; the mission was controlled from the mission control, not from Gagarin himself; as planned, he left the capsule before landing with a catapult seat and landed seperate from the capsule using a parachute.

Photos / Drawings

Vostok spaceship Vostok 1 rollout
Gagarin on launch pad Vostok 1 launch
Vostok 1 landing  
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