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1. Vostok (spacecraft) - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vostok_(spacecraft)
Description: WEBVostok (Russian: Восток, translated as "East") 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. The Vostok programme made six crewed spaceflights from 1961 through
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2. The Vostok Program: The Soviet's first crewed spaceflight program
Link: https://www.space.com/vostok-program.html
Description: WEBJul 28, 2020 · The Vostok program was a Soviet space program project that ran from 1960 to 1963 and achieved many spectacular milestones in spaceflight, including placing the first man in space, the first woman...
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3. Vostok | Space Exploration, Cold War & Reentry | Britannica
Link: https://www.britannica.com/technology/Vostok-Soviet-spacecraft
Description: WEBVostok, any of a series of manned Soviet spacecraft, the initial flight of which carried the first human being into space. Launched on April 12, 1961, Vostok 1, carrying cosmonaut Yury A. Gagarin, made a single orbit of Earth before reentry. The Vostok series included six launchings over a two-year.
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4. Vostok 1 - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vostok_1
Description: WEBVostok 1 (Russian: Восток, East or Orient 1) was the first spaceflight of the Vostok programme and the first human orbital spaceflight in history. The Vostok 3KA space capsule was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 12 April 1961, with Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin aboard, making him the first human to reach orbital velocity around the ...
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5. ESA - The flight of Vostok 1 - European Space Agency
Link: https://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA_history/50_years_of_humans_in_space/The_flight_of_Vostok_1
Description: WEBThe flight of Vostok 1. 75851 views 216 likes. ESA / About Us / ESA history / 50 years of humans in space. On the morning of 12 April 1961, at 5:30 a.m. Moscow time (2:30 UTC), cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin and his back-up Gherman Titov were woken in their hut at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
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6. 6 Surprising Facts About the First Manned Space Mission
Link: https://www.livescience.com/33185-yuri-gagarin-vostok-1-faq-facts.html
Description: WEBApr 6, 2011 · Space Exploration. 6 Surprising Facts About the First Manned Space Mission. News. By Amanda Schupak. published 6 April 2011. On 12 April 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human...
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7. NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details
Link: https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1961-012A
Description: WEBDescription. Vostok 1 was the first spacecraft to carry a human, Yuri A. Gagarin, into space, occurring 25 days prior to the first U.S. suborbital flight.
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8. Vostok 1: 60th anniversary of historic first human spaceflight
Link: https://newatlas.com/space/vostok-1-gagarin-first-person-orbit-60th-anniversary/
Description: WEBApr 10, 2021 · Space. Vostok 1: 60th anniversary of historic first human spaceflight. By David Szondy. April 09, 2021. Yuri Gagarin with backup cosmonaut with Gherman Titov sitting behind him. NASA. View 9...
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9. Voskhod program: The Soviet Union's first crewed space program
Link: https://www.space.com/voskhod-program.html
Description: WEBOct 1, 2020 · The USSR's Voskhod program was the country's second human spaceflight project, following the earlier successes of the Vostok program, which ran from 1960 to 1963 and took single-person crews into...
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10. Vostok - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vostok
Description: WEBAntarctica. Russia. Organizations. Sport. Fictional entities. Other uses. See also. Vostok ( Russian: Восток) refers to east in Russian but may also refer to: Spaceflight. Vostok programme, Soviet human spaceflight project. Vostok (spacecraft), a type of spacecraft built by the Soviet Union.