This Soviet spacecraft was the first to carry a human into space. What is its name?
Category: Knowledge · Difficulty: hard
Hint: It launched Yuri Gagarin in 1961.
Answer
Vostok 1
Explanation
Vostok 1 was the first spacecraft to successfully carry a human, Yuri Gagarin, into orbit.
This is a hard knowledge riddle — a tricky one that takes a little thought. The answer is Vostok 1.
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