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
Model of Vostok spacecraft with the third stage of R-7
A copy of R-7 in Moscow
STS115 Atlantis undock ISS edit 2
Valentina Tereshkova
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Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova is a Russian engineer, politician, and former Soviet cosmonaut. She was the first woman in space, having flown a solo mission on Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963. She orbited
Vostok programme
…spacecraft. Vostok 5 14 June 1963 4 d 23 h 7 m 19 June 1963 Valery Bykovsky Longest solo orbital flight. Vostok 6 16 June 1963 2 d 22 h 50 m 19 June 1963 Valentina Tereshkova First woman in space. Cancelled missions One different (1963) and seven original (going through to April 1966) Vostok flights were originally planned…
Tereshkova in 2024
Tereshkova in January 1963
Tereshkova and Valery Bykovsky a few weeks before their mission
Vostok 6 capsule on temporary display in the Science Museum, London in 2016