<page_title> Human spaceflight </page_title> <section_title> National spacefaring attempts </section_title> <table> <cell> Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991) <col_header> Nation/Organization </col_header> </cell> <cell> Yuri Gagarin <col_header> First launched astronaut </col_header> </cell> <cell> 12 April 1961 <col_header> Date </col_header> </cell> <cell> Vostok spacecraft <col_header> Spacecraft </col_header> </cell> </table>
The first human spaceflight was launched by the Soviet Union on 12 April 1961, as a part of the Vostok program, with cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin aboard.