Machu Picchu is the hispanicized spellingof the Quechua name Machu Pikchu. It means old peak (Quechua machu old + pikchu peak).
In April 1961, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's spacecraft was launched at 9:07, orbited Earth once and landed at 10:55 in the Soviet Union.
Space Safety Â» Space Exploration Â» Astronauts and Cosmonauts Â» Mystery of Yuri Gagarinâs Death Solved. First man in space, Yuri Gagarin (left) with fellow cosmonaut Aleksey Leonov, the first man to undertake a spacewalk (Credits: RIA Novosti). Yuri Gagarin became the first man to fly in space on April 12, 1961 when he road Vostok 1 into history.