Vostok-1 (1K No. 6) mission at a glance:Spacecraft designation Korabl-Sputnik (unannounced), Vostok-1 (No. 6), 1K No. 6 Launch vehicle 8K72K (Vostok) No. L1-13A Spacecraft mass 4.6 tons Descent module mass 2.2 tons Launch Site Tyuratam, Site 1 Launch date and time 1960 December...
Vostok launch vehicle, showing the stage-and-a-half rocket booster liquid-propellant engines. Vostok, 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,...
1 Launch vehicle 8K72K (Vostok) No. E10314 Spacecraft mass 4,700 kilograms Descent module mass 2,452 kilograms Launch Site Tyuratam, Site 1 Launch date and time 1961 March 9, 09:28:59.6 Moscow Time Payloads Mannequin with biological objects, Dog Chernushka Parachute system PS-6415-59 ...
Voskhod 1, launched in 1964, included the first three-person crew. Voskhod 2, launched the following year, included the first spacewalk. Connected to the spacecraft with a tether, Alexey Leonov spent around ten minutes drifting in space. Vostok Missions Name LaunchDate Orbits Crew Mission Voskhod...
Crew size 1 Call sign Ястреб (Yastreb - "Hawk") Booster Vostok 8K72K Launch pad Gagarin's Start, Baikonur Cosmodrome[1] Launch date 14 June 1963 11:58:58 UTC Landing site 53°24′N 68°37′E / 53.4°N 68.617°E Landing June 19 1963 11:06 UTC Mission duration 4d/...
Inside the watch is a Japanese Seiko automatic movement. Vostok Europe uses the Caliber NH25A from Seiko Instruments. This movement is rather durable and hardy, and includes the date. However, it isn’t the most accurate movement around a lot of the time. Seiko themselves rate the movement ...
Payload: Zenit-2 11F61 s/n 1. Mass: 4,610 kg (10,160 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Class: Surveillance. Type: Military surveillance satellite. Spacecraft Bus: Vostok. Spacecraft: Zenit-2 satellite. Decay Date: 1961-12-11 . First attempted launch of Zenit photo-reconnaisance ...
Next chapter:Vostok-3 and Vostok-4 dual mission Page author: Anatoly Zak; Last update:December 1, 2020 All rights reserved launchKorolev, visited Pad 1, where they met with military specialists who were preparing Vostok-2 for launch.
From the beginning of April 1963, with the deadline for the Vostok missions looming in mid-June, the exact launch date for Vostok-5 was now largely dictated by the readiness of spacesuits for male members of the mission. Alekseev promised to ship them by May 10, which would clear the ...
Then, the second Zenit launch ended with a first stage failure and a fiery crash of the entire vehicle just 300 meters from thelaunch pad. What's worse, one of the strap-on boosters of the rocket fell off while still on the pad and its fire caused considerable damage to the facility....