On April 12, 1961, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin sat alone in the Vostok 1 spacecraft, hoping to become the first person to travel into space. "Poyekhali!" Gagarin said as liftoff began, an informal phrase in Russian that translates to "Off we go!"
Photos: 60 years ago, Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space
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