TODAY IN HISTORY: On April 12, 1961, the Soviet Union took an early lead in the Space Race as cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to journey into outer space when his Vostok 1 spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth.
TODAY IN HISTORY: On April 12, 1961, the Soviet Union took an early lead in the Space Race as cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to journey into outer space when his Vostok 1 spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth.