Can You Answer these 40 History Questions?

brain tease 6/27/18

2. Who was the first man to orbit the Earth?

Retry Correct Incorrect Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and astronaut. On April 12, 1961, he became the first human to orbit the Earth on the Vostok 1 spacecraft. This was a significant victory for the Soviets in the space race with the US. American cosmonaut Alan Shepard was second to make it to space less than a month later.
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2. Who was the first man to orbit the Earth?

  • Neil Armstrong
  • Louis Armstrong
  • Yuri Gagarin
  • Alan Shepard
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