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The United Nations General Assembly has declared the 12th April 2017 as the International day of Human Space Flight. On this same date in the year 1961 Yuri Gagarin became the first person to reach Earth orbit, when he was launched aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft. He completed one orbit of Earth and during the final descent of his spacecraft he ejected whilst still some 7 km above the ground, parachuting to a safe landing.
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