INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY

Creation of the Training Center

On this day, the first dedicated facility for training astronauts was officially established. This laid the foundation for decades of future manned spaceflight programs and international collaboration in orbit.

First Human Spaceflight

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, aboard the Vostok spacecraft, completed the first orbital flight in human history, opening the era of manned spaceflight. This day is celebrated globally as the International Day of Human Space Flight.

First Spacewalk

Astronaut Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov performed the first extravehicular activity (EVA) in history from the Voskhod-2 spacecraft. He spent 12 minutes and 9 seconds outside the ship in the vacuum of space.