Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin is the first cosmonaut of the Earth!
On April 12, 1961, at 9:00 7 minutes Moscow time, the Vostok spacecraft with pilot-cosmonaut Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin on board was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. After just 108 minutes, the cosmonaut landed near the village of Smelovka in the Saratov region. These minutes were destined to become stellar in Gagarin's biography. Two days later, Moscow welcomed the space hero. A crowded rally dedicated to the implementation of the world's first space flight was held on Red Square. Thousands of people wanted to see Gagarin with their own eyes. For his flight, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union and "Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR", awarded the Order of Lenin. Already at the end of April, Yuri Gagarin went on his first trip abroad. The "Mission of Peace", as the trip of the first cosmonaut through countries and continents is sometimes called, lasted two years. Gagarin visited dozens of countries, met with thousands of people. Kings and presidents, politicians and scientists, artists and musicians considered it an honor to meet with him.