Yuri Gagarin, First Human in Space (1961)

Please consider supporting our videos on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/simplehistory At age 27 on the morning of 12 April 1961, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, was helped into his spacesuit and made his way to the launch pad. He climbed into the Vostok spacecraft, wondering if he would return back to earth, but was calm. Please do not reupload our content! SIMPLE HISTORY MERCHANDISE Get the SImple History books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner-%60/e/B00H5TYLAE/ T-Shirts https://www.zazzle.com/simplehistory/gifts?cg=196817456987349853 Simple history gives you the facts, simple! See the book collection here: Amazon USA Simple History: The Space Race Book https://www.amazon.com/Simple-History-Space-Daniel-Turner/dp/1495347125/ Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ http://www.simplehistory.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/Simple-History-549437675141192/ https://twitter.com/simple_guides Credit: Narrator: Mike "Eyesadrift" Joseph Animation: Daniel Turner Artwork: Daniel Turner Music Credit Space Station Experience - Unicorn Heads Infinite Perspective by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1500024 Artist: http://incompetech.com/