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1961April 12 What spaceship did Soviet astronaut Gagarin take to complete the world's first manned space flight?

/KOOC-0/96/KOOC-0/April/KOOC-0/2 Soviet astronaut Gagarin completed the world's first manned space flight in the Oriental/KOOC-0/spacecraft.

1 96 1 April 12, at 9: 07 am Moscow time, Gagarin set sail from the Baikonur launch site on the Oriental Spacecraft1and circled the earth in an orbit with the highest altitude of 30 1 km, which lasted1hour 48.

Landing in the village of Smelov Ka, saratov, completed the world's first manned space flight and realized the human desire to go into space. The Oriental 1 spacecraft he piloted became the first manned spacecraft in the world. During his 108 minute flight, Gagarin was promoted from captain to major.

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After Gagarin completed his unprecedented space flight, the whole world waved to him. Moscow welcomed the victorious space hero with an extremely grand ceremony: the salute roared, the jubilant crowd shouted, and the luxurious guards crowned Gagarin with national medals of all sizes.

After this historic flight, Gagarin won the Lenin Medal and was awarded the titles of "Soviet hero" and "Soviet astronaut". He went abroad many times and visited 27 countries, and 22 cities awarded him the title of honorary citizen. 1962, Gagarin was elected as the representative of the sixth supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. In June, 1964, 1 1, served as the chairman of the board of directors of Su Gu Friendship Association.

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