Vostok programme
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vostok-programme-189-7104627
title:
Vostok programme
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The Vostok programme was a Soviet human spaceflight project to put the first Soviet cosmonauts into low Earth orbit and return them safely. Competing with the United States Project Mercury, it succeeded in placing the first human into space, Yuri Gagarin, in a single orbit in Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961. The Vostok capsule was developed from the Zenit spy satellite project, and its launch vehicle was adapted from the existing R-7 Semyorka intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) design. The name
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Soviet human spaceflight project
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vostok_programme
date created:
2003-12-08T23:35:01Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T04:42:08Z
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