SOLAR SYSTEM

UNIVERSE

SPACE EXPLORATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was the first human ever to go to space?
A
John F. Kennedy
B
John Glenn
C
Yuri Gargarin
D
Alan Shepard
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Yuri Gagarin from the Soviet Union was the first human in space. His vehicle, Vostok 1 circled Earth at a speed of 27, 400 kilometers per hour with the flight lasting 108 minutes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Yuri Gagarin, in full Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, (born March 9, 1934, near Gzhatsk, Russia, U.S.S.R. [now Gagarin, Russia]-died March 27, 1968, near Moscow), Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 became the first man to travel into space.

Detailed explanation-3: -Yuri Gagarin became the first man to journey into outer space. His achievement became a major milestone in the Space Race. His ship, the Vostok 1, completed a single orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961 before returning to Earth.

Detailed explanation-4: -Aboard the Vostok 1, Yuri Gagarin makes a single orbit around the Earth and becomes the first man to reach space. He remained in space for one hour and forty-eight minutes before landing in Saratov Oblast, west Russia.

Detailed explanation-5: -In April 1961, Gagarin became the first human to travel into space, launching to orbit aboard the Vostok 3KA-3 (Vostok 1).

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