<P> On 12 April 1961 , the Vostok 3KA - 3 ( Vostok 1 ) spacecraft with Gagarin aboard was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome . Gagarin thus became both the first human to travel into space , and the first to orbit the Earth . His call sign was Kedr ( Russian : Кедр , Siberian pine or Cedar ) . </P>
<P> On 12 April 1961 , the Vostok 3KA - 3 ( Vostok 1 ) spacecraft with Gagarin aboard was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome . Gagarin thus became both the first human to travel into space , and the first to orbit the Earth . His call sign was Kedr ( Russian : Кедр , Siberian pine or Cedar ) . </P>
when was the first person sent to space
when was the first person sent to space
12 April 1961
12 April 1961