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On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made history by becoming the first human being to travel into space during the Vostok 1 mission. Aboard his spherical capsule, he completed a complete orbit around the Earth in 108 minutes, reaching a maximum altitude of 327 kilometers. This technological and human feat marked a decisive turning point in the “space race” between the Soviet Union and the United States in the midst of the Cold War. Gagarin, who became a planetary symbol, paved the way for human spaceflight and future exploration of the solar system. His courage and his famous cry “Poïekhali!” (Here we go !) still resonate today in the history of aerospace. This flight demonstrated that man could survive weightlessness and the vacuum of space, radically transforming our perception of the universe and our place within it among the stars.