▁ ▁Category : 1 8 9 2 ▁birth s ▁Category : 1 9 4 9 ▁death s ▁Category : American ▁S uf is ▁Category : American ▁Universal ists ▁Category : S uf i ▁po ets ▁Category : In ā y ati ▁S uf is ▁Category : 2 0 th - century ▁po ets ▁Category : American ▁em igr ants ▁to ▁England ▁Category : American ▁em igr ants ▁to ▁France ▁Category : W omen ▁po ets ▁Category : 2 0 th - century ▁American ▁women ▁writers <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁V ost ok ▁programme ▁( , ▁, ▁Orient ▁or ▁East ) ▁was ▁a ▁Soviet ▁human ▁space fl ight ▁project ▁to ▁put ▁the ▁first ▁Soviet ▁citizens ▁into ▁low ▁Earth ▁orbit ▁and ▁return ▁them ▁safely . ▁Comp eting ▁with ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Project ▁Mercur y , ▁it ▁succeeded ▁in ▁placing ▁the ▁first ▁human ▁into ▁space , ▁Y uri ▁G ag arin , ▁in ▁a ▁single ▁orbit ▁in ▁V ost ok ▁ 1 ▁on ▁April ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 1 9 6 1 . ▁The ▁V ost ok ▁caps ule ▁was ▁developed ▁from ▁the ▁Z en it ▁sp y ▁satellite ▁project , ▁and ▁its ▁launch ▁ro cket ▁was ▁adapted ▁from ▁the ▁existing ▁R - 7 ▁S emy ork a ▁inter cont inental ▁ball istic ▁miss ile ▁( IC B M ) ▁design . ▁The ▁name ▁" V ost ok " ▁was ▁treated ▁as ▁class ified ▁information ▁until ▁G ag arin ' s ▁flight ▁was ▁first ▁public ly ▁dis closed ▁to ▁the ▁world ▁press . ▁ ▁The ▁programme