Georgi Dobrovolski, Viktor Patsayev, Vladislav Volkov died June 30th 1971
when the Crew of Soyuz 11 was exposed to vacuum of space.. Soyuz 11
(Russian: Союз 11, Union 11) was the first successful visit to the world's first
space station, Salyut 1. The mission ended in disaster when the crew capsule
depressurised during preparations for re-entry, killing the three-man crew. This
accident resulted in the only human deaths to occur in space (as opposed to high
atmosphere).
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∙ 13y agoA human was first put into space in April, 1961.
Russia first sent a human into space on April 12, 1961, when Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit Earth.
The first human launched into space was Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961, aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft. He orbited the Earth once during this historic mission.
The first human in space was Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet astronaut who orbited the Earth on April 12, 1961.
The Soviet Union was the first country to launch a human into space. Yuri Gagarin became the first human to journey into outer space on April 12, 1961.
Yuri Gagarin was the first human both sent to space and also to orbit the Earth.
Yuri Gagarin was the first human in space, orbiting Earth on April 12, 1961.
The space race was sparked by the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957. This event marked the beginning of the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to explore and dominate space.
The first human to ever be clearly and unambigously "in space" was Yuri Gagarin.
Yuri Gagarin
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Yuri Gagarin i think? Yes: Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space and the first to orbit the earth on April 12, 1961.