The sixth and final flight of the Soviet Vostok program, and the first human spaceflight to carry a woman, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova. Tereshkova completed 48 orbits of the Earth over almost three days, and the mission's data helped establish how the female body responds to spaceflight.
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Mission TypeCrewed single-cosmonaut Vostok-program spaceflight 1 OutcomeThe final flight of the Vostok program. It set the record for highest orbital inclination flown by a crewed spacecraft, 65 degrees, a record that stood for nearly 62 years. 1 Mission Type
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Additional Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)Vostok 6, Wikipedia, infobox (Operator field)
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Wikimedia FoundationVostok 6, lead section
Vostok 6 (Russian: Восток-6, lit. 'Orient 6' or 'East 6') was the first human spaceflight to carry a woman, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, into space.
Vostok 6, Mission section
The spacecraft was launched on 16 June 1963.
Vostok 6, Mission section (record)
It set the record for highest orbital inclination of a crewed spacecraft at 65°, a record not broken until the 90° polar orbit of Fram2 nearly 62 years later.
Vostok 6, Wikipedia, infobox (landing date field)
Landing date: 19 June 1963
Crewed By: Valentina Tereshkova, Vostok 6, lead section (crew)
Vostok 6 (Russian: Восток-6, lit. 'Orient 6' or 'East 6') was the first human spaceflight to carry a woman, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, into space.
Operated By: Soviet space program, Vostok 6, Wikipedia, infobox (Operator field)
Operator Soviet space program
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