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🚀 On 12 April 1961 Soviet cosmonaut Yuri #Gagarin became the first human in space - #Vostok1 spacecraft launched from #Baikonur Cosmodrome at 09:07 MSK, orbited the Earth, landed at 10:55 MSK. The entire flight took 108 mins and forever changed the world #ForeverFirst #SpaceDay