Vostok 3

Soviet spacecraft

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The Vostok program was a series of Soviet spacecraft, with the first flight carrying the initial human into space. Launched on April 12, 1961, Vostok 1 carried cosmonaut Yury A. Gagarin on a single orbit of Earth before reentry. The Vostok series included six missions between 1961 and 1963. Vostok 3 and Vostok 4 were launched in tandem on August 11, 1962, orbiting within sight of each other. Vostok 3 set a duration record of 94 hours in space, covering over 1.6 million miles. The final two missions featured the first woman cosmonaut, Valentina V. Tereshkova, in Vostok 6, flying in close proximity to Vostok 5.1

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…cosmonaut, who piloted the Vostok 3 spacecraft, launched August 11, 1962. When Vostok 4, piloted by Pavel R. Popovich, was launched a day later, there were, for the first time, two crewed craft in space simultaneously. The two made radio and visual contact, but there was no attempt at docking.…
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…cosmonaut, who piloted the Vostok 3 spacecraft, launched August 11, 1962. When Vostok 4, piloted by Pavel R. Popovich, was launched a day later, there were, for the first time, two crewed craft in space simultaneously. The two made radio and visual contact, but there was no attempt at docking.…
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