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    2 months ago

    No. Just high enough that he could parachute down safely without the craft because they didn’t know how to get both down safely.

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        2 months ago

        No. It was a space flight. He, inside the Vostok 1, went into space. He orbited the Earth once. He re-entered the atmosphere. When he was only 6 km from the ground, he jumped out of the Vostok 1 and parachuted to the ground.