Vostok 1 was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 12, 1961. It was the first human spaceflight mission and carried Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet cosmonaut, into orbit around the Earth.
Vostok 6 was launched on June 16, 1963. It carried Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to fly in space.
sputnik was the first space ship launched by india.
The first spaceship to be launched into space was Vostok 1, which was a Soviet spacecraft that carried Yuri Gagarin, the first human to travel into space, in 1961.
On April 12, 1961; Russian Yuri Gagarin went into space on board the Vostok 3KA-3, (Vostok 1), and made an orbital flight around the Earth.
The first manned rocket was called Vostok 1. It was launched by the Soviet Union on April 12, 1961, with Yuri Gagarin aboard, making him the first human to journey into outer space.
Vostok 6 was launched on June 16, 1963. It carried Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to fly in space.
sputnik was the first space ship launched by india.
The space program that launched the first person into outer space was the Soviet program called Vostok. Yuri Gagarin was the first human to go into space aboard Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961.
The first spaceship to be launched into space was Vostok 1, which was a Soviet spacecraft that carried Yuri Gagarin, the first human to travel into space, in 1961.
On April 12, 1961; Russian Yuri Gagarin went into space on board the Vostok 3KA-3, (Vostok 1), and made an orbital flight around the Earth.
The first manned rocket was called Vostok 1. It was launched by the Soviet Union on April 12, 1961, with Yuri Gagarin aboard, making him the first human to journey into outer space.
Sputnik was launched by the Russians October 4, 1957 the first human spaceflight (Yuri Gagarin aboard Vostok 1) in 1961 (also by the russians)
The first manned spacecraft was named Vostok 1. It was launched by the Soviet Union on April 12, 1961, with Yuri Gagarin becoming the first human to travel into space.
On April 12, 1961 the Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was launched into space aboard Vostok 1, making him the first human to go into space.
The first spacecraft built by humans was the Soviet Union's Vostok 1, which successfully launched on April 12, 1961. It carried astronaut Yuri Gagarin, who became the first human to travel into space and orbit the Earth. Prior to Vostok 1, there were several suborbital flights and uncrewed spacecraft, but Vostok 1 marked the beginning of human space exploration in orbit.
The space craft the 1st woman, Valantina Tereshkove was in when she went to space was the Vostok 3KA space craft.The launch vehicle was the Vostok 8K672K rocket.
Vostok is the Russian word for "EAST." Likely because spacecraft tend to be launched towards the East, to take advantage of the Earth's rotation in an eastward direction.