Vostok programme

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The Vostok programme (Russian: Восто́к, translated as Orient or East) was a Soviet human spaceflight project that succeeded in putting a person into Earth orbit for the first time. The programme developed the Vostok spacecraft from the Zenit spy satellite project and adapted the Vostok rocket from an existing ICBM design. Just before the first release of the name Vostok to the press, it was a classified word.

Contents 1 Missions 1.1 Prototypes 1.2 Vostok manned flights 1.3 Planned missions 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Missions

[edit] Prototypes

A series of prototype Vostoks, including at least five with animals and some with test dummies aboard, were used to qualify the spacecraft for human flight. Dates given are dates of spacecraft launch.^[1]

Mission	Spacecraft	Launch	Notes
Sputnik 4	Korabl-Sputnik 1	May 15, 1960	retro-rocket misfires
Un-named	Korabl Sputnik (1K-1)	July 28, 1960	explosion destroys spacecraft shortly after lift-off
Sputnik 5	Korabl-Sputnik 2	August 19, 1960	successfully tests Vostok ejector seat mechanism
Sputnik 6	Korabl-Sputnik 3	December 1, 1960	retro-rocket fails to shut down - re-entry destroys spacecraft
Un-named	Korabl-Sputnik (1K-4)	December 22, 1960	spacecraft separates early from booster
Sputnik 9	Korabl-Sputnik 4	March 9, 1961	successfully returns dummy cosmonaut with ejector seat landing
Sputnik 10	Korabl-Sputnik 5	March 25, 1961	successfully returns dummy cosmonaut with ejector seat landing

[edit] Vostok manned flights

Order	Patch	Mission	Launch	Duration	Landing	Crew	Notes
1		Vostok 1	12 April 1961	1 h 48 m	12 April 1961	Yu. Gagarin	First man in space.
2		Vostok 2	6 August 1961	1 d 1 h 18 m	7 August 1961	G. Titov	First manned mission lasting a full day.
3		Vostok 3	11 August 1962	3 d 22 h 22 m	15 August 1962	A. Nikolayev	First simultaneous flight of two manned spacecraft.
4		Vostok 4	12 August 1962	2 d 22 h 56 m	15 August 1962	P. Popovich	First simultaneous flight of two manned spacecraft..
5		Vostok 5	14 June 1963	4 d 23 h 7 m	19 June 1963	V. Bykovsky	Longest solo orbital flight.
6		Vostok 6	16 June 1963	2 d 22 h 50 m	19 June 1963	V. Tereshkova	First woman in space.

[edit] Planned missions

Another seven Vostok flights (Vostok 7 to 13) were originally planned, going through to April of 1966, but these were cancelled and the components recycled into the Voskhod programme, which was intended to achieve more Soviet firsts in space.

[edit] See also

• Vostok spacecraft
• Vostok rocket
• Voskhod programme
• Sergei Korolev

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Korabl & Vostok Diary
• a cutaway drawing of the vostok

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