The idea of ​​installing the carrier rocket "Vostok" at the Museum of the History of Cosmonautics emerged since the laying of the foundation stone of the museum YA Gagarin. The museum was opened on October 3, 1967. But the decision to install the missile system was adopted by the Government only in 1972. In the autumn of 1972 is taken apart missile was delivered to Kaluga by rail.

Before you turn in Kaluga, the missile was shown at the Le Bourget Air Show in Turin, Rome, Budapest, Bucharest, Prague.

Arrived in Kaluga exhibit is not just an exact copy, a genuine stand-in for the flight of Gagarin. Launch in April 1961 stood on the launch pad at Baikonur and ready to fly in case of emergency situation. Assembling missiles led Vitaly Timchenko missile was collected and transferred to rail installer. For missile complex was prepared by a pedestal of concrete and steel structures of high strength, as the exhibit weighed 140 tons.

Installation launcher was made June 13, 1973 After a few days check the operation of the installer. June 21 rocket was lifted into a vertical position. Installation height is 38 m.

First excursionists carrier rocket began cosmonaut Leonov, cosmonaut Vladimir Janibekov, American astronaut Scott D.

In the second half of the 1990s. missile back to the horizontal position due to problems with hydraulic jacks which are maintained in an upright position. Raising the rocket took place only in 2000 in connection with the celebrations held in honor of Kaluga Days of Slavonic Literature and Culture. Restoring jacks rocket performed by specialists Lyudinovskiy aggregate plant. In late 2007, it was carried out highlighting the missile system.

In 2010, the missile was again "stacked" for restoration work. Again, all units have been tested, the complex was re-painted with special paint. The vertical position of the rocket returned to the 50th anniversary of Gagarin's flight into space. Currently rocket repair waits again in the horizontal position.