Yuri Gagarin: Story of the First Man in Space

At 22,300 feet (7,000 meters) above the Earth’s surface, on April 12, 1961, at 10:50 am, Yuri Gagarin’s Vostok-1 began preparing for its landing.

Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Gagarin traveling to the launch site via bus. Gherman Titov is behind him.