Meanings of vostok 1 in English

A 27-year-old pilot named Yuri Gagarin lifted off from the then-Soviet Union aboard Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961.

Micah E. Clare) Yuri Gagarin (left) and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev greet Muscovites in Red Square two days after the Vostok 1 flight.

Riley enlisted Nespoli, who is aboard the International Space Station and travelling on Vostok 1's orbital path, to film the orbit with a high-definition camera.

Then, on April 12, 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin blasted off in Vostok 1 and became the first human in orbit.

Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's launch into Earth orbit in the 10,420-pound Vostok 1 capsule three years later (12 April 1961) consigned this plan to the dustbin.