"The Race For Orbit..." USSR 1 - USA 0 #spaceweek Left-Hand Side: USSR: The Vostok-K (GRAU index 8K7…
"The Race For Orbit..." USSR 1 - USA 0 #spaceweek Left-Hand Side: USSR: The Vostok-K (GRAU index 8K72K), a crewed variant of the R-7 family, launched Vostok 1 on 12 April 1961 from Baikonur. Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin completed one orbit in about 108 minutes. That was the first human orbital flight. Right-Hand Side: NASA: The Atlas LV-3B (vehicle 109-D), flown as Mercury-Atlas 6, launched Friendship 7 on 20 February 1962 from Cape Canaveral. Astronaut John Glenn completed three orbits in 4 hours 55 minutes. That was the first American orbital flight.
