Vostok 6

Soviet spacecraft

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Vostok 6 was a Soviet spacecraft launched on June 16, 1963, carrying Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to travel into space. The Vostok program consisted of six missions between 1961 and 1963, with Vostok 1 carrying the first human, Yuri Gagarin, into orbit on April 12, 1961. Vostok 6 completed 48 orbits in 71 hours, landing on June 19, 1963. During its flight, Vostok 6 approached within 4.8 km (3 miles) of Vostok 5, which had been launched two days earlier. Cosmonauts on Vostok missions ejected before landing and parachuted separately from their spacecraft.1234

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…days, the Soviet Union launched Vostok 6, carrying Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to travel in space. The two ships held parallel orbits, at one point approaching to within 5 km (3 miles) of one another, but did not rendezvous. They returned to Earth three hours apart. Bykovsky had spent…
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…days, the Soviet Union launched Vostok 6, carrying Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to travel in space. The two ships held parallel orbits, at one point approaching to within 5 km (3 miles) of one another, but did not rendezvous. They returned to Earth three hours apart. Bykovsky had spent…
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