Vostok (spacecraft)
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Vostok was a class of single-pilot crewed spacecraft built by the Soviet Union. The first human spaceflight was accomplished with Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961, by Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
Model of Vostok 3KA spacecraft with third stage of launcher.
Arrangement of instruments and controls in the cockpit of Vostok ships
Vostok "Sharik"
Vostok programme
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The Vostok programme was a Soviet human spaceflight project to put the first Soviet cosmonauts into low Earth orbit and return them safely. Competing with the United States Project Mercury, it succeed
A copy of R-7 in Moscow
STS115 Atlantis undock ISS edit 2