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Program · CCCP · Human Spaceflight

Vostok

The Vostok programme was a Soviet human spaceflight project to put the first Soviet citizens into low Earth orbit and return them safely.

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Missions

8 flown, 0 planned · times in your time zone

Sputnik 9
Mar 9, 1961
Vostok-K · Success
Sputnik 10
Mar 25, 1961
Vostok-K · Success
Vostok 1
Apr 12, 1961
Vostok-K · Success
Vostok 2
Aug 6, 1961
Vostok-K · Success
Vostok 3
Aug 11, 1962
Vostok-K · Success
Vostok 4
Aug 12, 1962
Vostok-K · Success
Vostok 5
Jun 14, 1963
Vostok-K · Success
Vostok 6
Jun 16, 1963
Vostok-K · Success

Vostok 6 Crew

All astronauts

Valentina TereshkovaPilot · Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Vehicles

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A notification when a Vostok date changes, and again before every launch.

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