Descent module diameter2.3 m
8.4 tenthsPool tables
41.8Pink erasers
181 billionthsEarth diameters
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Vostok 1 Capsule
The spacecraft that carried the first human into space/Space Missions
Vostok 1 carried Yuri Gagarin on the first human spaceflight on April 12, 1961. The mission lasted 108 minutes and completed one orbit of Earth. The spherical descent module separated from the instrument module before re-entry, and Gagarin ejected and parachuted to the ground.
Measurements
Total length (with instrument module)4.4 m
4.81Window widths
7.9 billionSalt crystals
Total mass4,725 kg
105Grocery carts
94.5 trillionYeast cells
47.3 millionHoneybee weights
Descent module mass2,460 kg
820 billionFruit fly eggs
1.2 hundredthsStatue of Liberty weights
7.9 tenthsTesla Cybertrucks
Mission duration6,480 s
36Commercial breaks
30.9Taylor Swift songs
6.5 millionCamera shutters
108 minutes
Orbital speed7,900 m/s
637Usain Bolt sprints
4.9 trillionContinental drifts
1,179School zone speeds