Amanda SchupakSocial Links Navigation Latest articles by Amanda Schupak 6 Surprising Facts About the First Human Spaceflight By Amanda Schupak published 11 April 11 Surprising facts about Vostok 1, the mission that made Yuri Gagarin the first man in space in 1961. Human Spaceflight Get the Space.com NewsletterBreaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors MORE FROM SPACE...1NASA's Curiosity rover captures 360-degree view of Mars — and finds strange sulfur stones2Final trailer for Prime Video's 'Secret Level' looks out of this world3SabersPro Obi Wan Ep3 lightsaber review4Watch Russian Progress cargo spacecraft launch to the ISS on Nov. 215Supermassive black holes bent the laws of physics to grow to monstrous sizes
6 Surprising Facts About the First Human Spaceflight By Amanda Schupak published 11 April 11 Surprising facts about Vostok 1, the mission that made Yuri Gagarin the first man in space in 1961.