Vostok 1 Mugs

Vostok 1 - The first manned spaceflight in history.

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60th anniversary of Vostok 1 the first manned space flight with Yuri Gagarin design showing the blueprint in Yellow and Red

A multicolour tribute to the 60th anniversary of Vostok 1 launch, the first man in space Yuri Gagarin.

60th anniversary of Vostok 1 the first manned space flight with Yuri Gagarin design showing the blueprint.

60th anniversary of Vostok 1 the first manned space flight with Yuri Gagarin globe design.

20th CENTURY ICONS - Yuri Gagarin, the first man into outer space on 12th April 1961, piloting Vostok 1

20th CENTURY ICONS - Yuri Gagarin, the first man into outer space on 12th April 1961, piloting Vostok 1

Vostok 1 (in russian “Восто́к”, which means East or Orient 1) was the first manned spaceflight in history, launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on April 12, 1961. It made the soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin the first human to cross into outer space and orbit around Earth. The illustration features the launch of the rocket, playing with baroque and nouveau elements.

By convention, an astronaut employed by the Russian Federal Space Agency (or its Soviet predecessor) is called a cosmonaut in English texts. The word is an anglicisation of the Russian word kosmonavt (Russian: космонавт Russian pronunciation: [kəsmɐˈnaft]), one who works in space outside the Earth's atmosphere, a space traveler, which derives from the Greek words kosmos (κόσμος), meaning "universe", and nautes (ναύτης), meaning "sailor". Other countries of the former Eastern Bloc use variations of the Russian word kosmonavt, such as the Polish kosmonauta. Coinage of the term kosmonavt has been credited to Soviet aeronautics pioneer Mikhail Tikhonravov (1900–1974). The first cosmonaut was Soviet Air Force pilot Yuri Gagarin, also the f...

20th CENTURY ICONS - Yuri Gagarin, the first man into outer space on 12th April 1961, piloting Vostok 1

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Russian Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961.

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Russian Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961.

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Russian Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961.

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Russian Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961.

20th CENTURY ICONS - Yuri Gagarin, the first man into outer space on 12th April 1961, piloting Vostok 1

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Russian Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961.

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Russian Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961.

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Russian Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961.

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Russian Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961.

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Russian Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961.

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Russian Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961.

Design dedicated to the first human in space, the famous Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, based on his monument in Moscow.

20th CENTURY ICONS - Yuri Gagarin, the first man into outer space on 12th April 1961, piloting Vostok 1

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Russian Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961.