The Vostok programme was the first Soviet human spaceflight program, led by the chief designer Sergei Korolev. Its single-seat capsule was launched on a rocket derived from a military missile, and it carried the first human into space, Yuri Gagarin, on a flight that made one orbit of the Earth. Later missions extended the time in space: Gherman Titov spent about a day in orbit on Vostok 2, and in 1962 Vostok 3 and 4 flew at the same time. The programme ended with the flight of Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, on Vostok 6. Cosmonauts ejected from the capsule and landed by parachute. Vostok was succeeded by the multi-seat Voskhod and then Soyuz.
Before and after
- 1961Construction of Sheremetyevo International Airport
- from 1961 to 1966Project Gemini
- 1961Can't Help Falling in Love
- from 1961 to 1972Apollo program
- from 1961 to 1963Vostok programme
- 1961Establishment of Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park
- 1961Establishment of Emas National Park
- from 1961 to 1972Rise of Tupamaros
- 4 January 1961Death of Erwin Schrödinger
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- 1964Discovery of rutherfordium
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- July 2000Discovery of livermorium
- 15 January 2001Wikipedia
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