<page_title> Human spaceflight </page_title> <section_title> National spacefaring attempts </section_title> <table> <cell> Yuri Gagarin <col_header> First launched astronaut </col_header> </cell> <cell> 12 April 1961 <col_header> Date </col_header> </cell> <cell> Vostok <col_header> Launcher </col_header> </cell> </table>
Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space, via the Vostok launch, on April 12, 1961.