Vostok programme

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The Vostok programme (Восто́к, translated as "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 External links 3 See also

[edit] Missions

[edit] Prototypes

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

• Sputnik 4 (Korabl-Sputnik 1) - May 15, 1960.
• Sputnik 5 (Korabl-Sputnik 2) - August 19, 1960.
• Sputnik 6 (Korabl-Sputnik 3) - December 1, 1960.
• Sputnik 9 (Korabl-Sputnik 4) - March 9, 1961.
• Sputnik 10 (Korabl-Sputnik 5) - March 25, 1961.

[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] External links

• Korabl & Vostok Diary

[edit] See also

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

v • d • e Vostok programme Unmanned: Sputnik 4, Sputnik 5, Sputnik 6, Sputnik 9, Sputnik 10 Manned: Vostok 1, Vostok 2, Vostok 3, Vostok 4, Vostok 5, Vostok 6 Planned: Vostok 7 to 13, incorporated into Voskhod programme

v • d • e Soviet (to 1991) and Russian government manned space programs Active Soyuz • ISS (joint) Spaceflight Portal In Development Kliper Past Vostok • Voskhod • Salyut • Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (joint) • Mir • Shuttle-Mir Program (joint) Cancelled Zond (lunar Soyuz 7K-L1) • N1-L3 (Moon landing program) • TMK (Mars flyby program) • Spiral • Almaz (incorporated into Salyut program) / TKS spacecraft • Energia / Buran