The Soviet Union's first human spaceflight program, which placed Yuri Gagarin into a single orbit of Earth aboard Vostok 1 on 12 April 1961, the first human spaceflight in history. Led by chief designer Sergei Korolev, the program flew six crewed missions between 1961 and 1963, including Vostok 6, which carried Valentina Tereshkova as the first woman in space, and demonstrated multi-day flight durations that exceeded the parallel American Project Mercury.
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Mission TypeCrewed low Earth orbit spaceflight program 1 End DateDate of the launch of Vostok 6, the program's final crewed flight. OutcomeSuccessful; six crewed missions flown, achieving the first human spaceflight and the first spaceflight by a woman, and proving multi-day orbital endurance ahead of the American Mercury and Gemini programs. 1 Mission Type
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1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation- Mission Type (category): Crewed LEO Spaceflight
- Mission Type (category): Crewed Mission
- Mission Type: Crewed low Earth orbit spaceflight program
- Launch Date: 1961-04-12
- End Date: 1963-06-16
- Outcome: Successful; six crewed missions flown, achieving the first human spaceflight and the first spaceflight by a woman, and proving multi-day orbital endurance ahead of the American Mercury and Gemini programs.
2. Vostok programme (Wikipedia)
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was a Soviet human spaceflight project
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to put the first Soviet cosmonauts into low Earth orbit and return them safely
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it succeeded in placing the first human into space, Yuri Gagarin
Wikipedia: Vostok programme, lead section
It succeeded in placing the first human into space, Yuri Gagarin, in a single orbit in Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961.
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The Vostok programme made six crewed spaceflights from 1961 through 1963.
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The Vostok programme made six crewed spaceflights from 1961 through 1963.
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The Vostok programme ( VOST-ok, vost-OK; Russian: Восток, IPA: [vɐˈstok] , lit. 'East') was a Soviet human spaceflight project to put the first Soviet cosmonauts into low Earth orbit and return them safely.
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