How Gagarin became first man in space sixty years ago

The video recounts the historic space journey of Yuri Gagarin, the first human to travel into space on April 12, 1961. Gagarin launched aboard a Vostok K rocket, and after orbiting Earth once, he prepared for reentry. Despite a malfunction that caused violent shaking, Gagarin successfully ejected and parachuted safely back to Earth, completing the mission in 108 minutes.

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