Vostok 1 was the first spaceflight of the Vostok programme and the first manned spaceflight in history.

The Vostok 3KA space capsule was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on April 12, 1961, with Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin aboard, making him the first human to cross into outer space.

The orbital spaceflight consisted of a single orbit around
Earth which skimmed the upper atmosphere at
169 kilometers (91 nautical miles)
at its lowest point.

The flight took 108 minutes from launch to landing.