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 Russian Major Yuri Gagarin (see more on him here) became the first human being in Space on the 12th April of 1961 on a spacecraft called Vostok 1. He was also the first person to return from Space, landing near Engels, Kazakhstan. Two farm workers looked up to see a parachute descending with no sign of an aircraft above. When they asked Yuri if he had come from outer Space, Major Gagarin replied, "As a matter of fact, I have."

After completing a circuit of the Earth the Vostok 1 spacecraft plummeted back to Earth and at 20,000 feet he ejected, deployed his parachute and landed in the Saratov region in Russia