# @worldscifest on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/1YazYqk9nq
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2461694-worldscifest-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/e5e36fb3d4.jpg
- **Posted:** 2015-04-12T16:26:53.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** WorldScienceFestival (@WorldSciFest) — https://gondola.cc/WorldSciFest

## Caption

Today in 1961, aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first human being to travel into space. During the flight, the 27-year-old test pilot and industrial technician also became the first man to orbit Planet Earth, a feat accomplished by his space capsule in 89 minutes.

#todayinhistory #history #science #soviet #space #spacerace #orbit #vostok #ussr #cosmonaut #spacetravel #thisdayinhistory #ifls #iflscience

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iflscience, thisdayinhistory, spacerace, cosmonaut, spacetravel, history, soviet, science, ussr, space, todayinhistory, orbit, vostok, ifls

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