{"id":62433,"date":"2026-04-13T08:23:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T08:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=62433"},"modified":"2026-04-13T08:30:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T08:30:45","slug":"65th-anniversary-of-the-first-human-spaceflight-when-yuri-gagarin-of-ussr-took-vostok-1-into-outer-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/65th-anniversary-of-the-first-human-spaceflight-when-yuri-gagarin-of-ussr-took-vostok-1-into-outer-space\/","title":{"rendered":"65th Anniversary of the First Human Spaceflight when Yuri Gagarin of USSR took Vostok 1 into Outer Space"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"ISLAMABAD : 12 April 2026 –\u00a0Yuri Gagarin <\/span>(1934\u20131968) was the first consmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space o<\/strong>n 12 April 1961<\/strong>, he completed a single orbit of Earth aboard the\u00a0Vostok 1<\/strong>\u00a0spacecraft, a historic 108-minute flight that effectively started the era of manned space exploration.<\/p>\n

Launching from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Gagarin’s craft reached a maximum altitude of about 187 miles (301 km). His famous exclamation at liftoff,\u00a0“Poyekhali!”<\/strong> (“Let’s go!”), remains a legendary catchphrase in Russia.\u00a0<\/span>Unlike modern astronauts, Gagarin did not land inside his capsule. At an altitude of 7 km (approx. 23,000 ft), he ejected and parachuted<\/strong>\u00a0to the ground separately from the Vostok pod.<\/span><\/p>\n

Born in the village of Klushino, he was the son of a carpenter and a dairy farmer. He was selected from 20 candidates not only for his skill as a fighter pilot but also because he represented the “ideal working-class hero”.<\/span>After his flight, Gagarin became an international celebrity and a “Hero of the Soviet Union”. He died at age 34 on 27 March 1968<\/strong>, during a routine training flight when his\u00a0MiG-15 jet crashed<\/strong>\u00a0near Novosyolovo.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>