Yuri Gagarin A Soviet aerial and astronauts He was the first person to travel in space. On 12th April, 1961, Vostok made the orbital orbital spacecraft.
Gagarin achieved international fame as a result and became the hero of the Soviet Union. Many awards and medals were received at home and abroad. Although Vostok 1 was his only space mission, he played a supporting role as a backup of the Suoyoj 1 mission (which ended with a devastating explosion). In 1968, a MiG-15 training aircraft was killed in an air crash.