The first man in space: Tomorrow marks the 50th anniversary of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin Aleksejevitj crossed into space in Vostok first The spacecraft lifted him 322 km up and carried him once around the Earth. This was both Gagarin the first man in space and the first man who came to orbit the Earth.
It did not take any pictures of the Earth in Vostok 1 mission, but the above image, taken from the International Space Station in 2003, gives a good idea of the sight that met Gagrin. He described himself prospect with the following words: "The sky is very dark; Earth is bluish. Everything is seen very clearly. "
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