During the flight, the 27-year-old test pilot and industrialtechnician also became the first man to orbit the planet, a feataccomplished by his space capsule in 89 minutes. Vostok 1 orbitedEarth at a maximum altitude of 187 miles and was guided entirely by anautomatic control system.
The only statement attributed to Gagarin during his one hour and 48 minutes in space was, "Flight is proceedingnormally; I am well."
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