Hard to believe it was 50 (fifty) years ago today that man first travelled in space. Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was rocketed aloft on "Vostok 1" on April 12th, 1961, and became a hero across the globe.(Alan B. Shepard became the first American in space the next month when he journeyed in "Freedom 7".)
Vostok 1...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vostok_1
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