Vostok 1

Vostok 1 was the first spaceflight of the Vostok programme and the first human orbital spaceflight in history. The Vostok 3KA space capsule was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 12 April 1961, with Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin aboard, making him the first human to reach orbital velocity around the Earth and to complete a full orbit around the Earth.

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Yuri Gagarin in the Vostok 1

Yuri Gagarin before the start

NASA Press Conference Regarding Vostok 1 Flight - GPN-2002-000153

Flight of Vostok I

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Vostok-1 cake

Archivband über Gagarins Weltraumflug 1961

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Jurij Gagarin cardiogram

Electrocardiogram of Gagarin

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Yuri Gagarin in the Vostok 1		Commons
commons	image		Yuri Gagarin before the start		Commons
commons	image		NASA Press Conference Regarding Vostok 1 Flight - GPN-2002-000153		Commons
commons	image		Flight of Vostok I		Commons
commons	image		Vostok-1 cake4		Commons
commons	image		Vostok-1 cake		Commons
commons	image		Archivband über Gagarins Weltraumflug 1961		Commons
commons	image		Vostokpanel		Commons
commons	image		Jurij Gagarin cardiogram		Commons
commons	image		Electrocardiogram of Gagarin		Commons