CCTV news: Today (April 12) is the "International Manned Space Day". 65 years ago today, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to enter space after flying around the Earth for 108 minutes on the Vostok-1 spacecraft and returning safely.
On April 7, 2011, the United Nations General Assembly officially designated April 12 as the International Manned Space Day to commemorate the beginning of the space age.
