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April 12 was already a huge day in space history twenty years before the launch of the first shuttle mission. On that day in 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (left, on the way to the launch pad) became the first human in space, making a 108-minute orbital flight in his Vostok 1 spacecraft. Newspapers like The Huntsville Times (right) trumpeted Gagarin's accomplishment.
Cosmonaut Gherman Titov was the 3rd person to go into space on  August 6, 1961. Vostok 2   was the first day-long Soviet space flight.     American Astronaut Jo â¦ hn Glenn was the third person and first  American to go into space on   February 20, 1961. He was beaten by Yuri Gagarin and Gherman Titov  of the Soviet Union.