1961年4月12日,苏联航天员尤里.加加林乘坐东方号飞船进入太空,成为人类进入太空的第一人。苏联随后还和美国开展了激烈的航天竞赛,虽然在登月竞赛中落败,但近地轨道空间站“礼炮”号和“和平”号构成了苏联载人航天永恒的丰碑。光辉的历史造就了俄罗斯人对载人航天的情有独钟,即使是在苏联解体后落 April 12, 1961, the Soviet astronaut Yuri Gagarin took the space shuttle into the spacecraft, as human beings into space first person. Subsequently, the Soviet Union also conducted an intense space race with the United States. Although it landed in the lunar competition, the near-Earth orbit space station Salute and Peace formed the eternal monument to Soviet manned spacecraft. The glorious history of the Russian people created a soft spot for manned space flight, even after the fall of the Soviet Union