Spec Table Body Ink — 2 museum-grade prints in this palette. Vostok 1 on 12 April 1961 made Yuri Gagarin the first person to orbit Earth and established the Soviet Union as the first nation to achieve crewed spaceflight — a milestone commemorated globally as Yuri's Night. The spherical Vostok capsule design, derived from Korolev's Zenit reconnaissance heritage, influenced Soyuz lineage and remains the visual shorthand for humanity's first orbital voyage. Vostok 6 made Valentina Tereshkova the first woman in space on 16 June 1963 — a record solo orbital flight that stood unmatched in duration among women for nearly two decades. Her mission occurred alongside Vostok 5 with Valery Bykovsky, demonstrating Soviet capacity for concurrent crewed operations.