Vostok 1

Mission overview

Vostok 1 carried Yuri Gagarin on the first human spaceflight, a single orbit of the Earth.

Outcome & discoveries

Gagarin became the first human in space and to orbit the Earth.

Mission profile

Crew

Knowledge connections

• Operated byRoscosmos
• Part of programVostok program
• Launched fromBaikonur Cosmodrome
• Mission includesYuri Gagarin
• Associated withGagarin Becomes the First Human in Space
• Associated withFirst Human in Space

Related missions

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• RoscosmosState Space Corporation Roscosmos

  Russian crewed and robotic spaceflight history and programs.