The Vostok 3KA-3 spacecraft (Vostok 1) awaits the launch of Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961, which would make him the first human to travel into space.

Fifty years ago on April 12, 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space, ushering in the era of human spaceflight. The rocket carrying Gagarin's Vostok 1 spacecraft ...

The answer lies in history. On April 12, 1961, Soviet pilot Yuri Gagarin became the first human to journey into space. He ...

The Soviet/Russian space program achieved numerous "firsts" in human spaceflight, including the first human in space (Yuri Gagarin, Vostok 1), the first spacewalk (Alexei Leonov, Voskhod 2), and ...

Vostok 1 was a crude circular space capsule designed to eliminate changes in its centre of gravity. This helped provide maximum comfort for its solo passenger on his bumpy ride to and from Earth.

After the closure of GSC Gameworld and the uncertain fate of the incomplete S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, the detached members of the Ukranian dev team have revealed a new studio, Forming Vostok Games -- named ...

A vintage Vostok space capsule is headed back to Russia after being sold in a Sotheby's auction for nearly $2.9 million. The Vostok 3KA-2 auction set an apparent record as the highest sale yet for ...