Manned space mission

♤ Human spaceflight (also referred to as manned spaceflight) is space travel with a crew aboard the space craft. When a spacecraft is crewed, it can be operated directly, as opposed to being remotely operated or autonomous.

♤ The first human spaceflight was launched by the Soviet Union on 12 April 1961 as a part of the Vostok program, with cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin aboard. Humans have been continually present in space for 14 years and 12 days on the International Space Station.