The Soviet Union's second human spaceflight program, following Vostok, which used a modified Vostok capsule to fly multiple cosmonauts without spacesuits. Voskhod 1 in October 1964 carried the first three-person crew into orbit, and Voskhod 2 in March 1965 featured the first spacewalk, performed by Alexei Leonov, both firsts achieved ahead of the American Gemini program.
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Mission TypeCrewed low Earth orbit spaceflight program 1 End DateDate of the landing of Voskhod 2, the program's final crewed flight. OutcomeSuccessful; two crewed missions flew, achieving the first multi-person spaceflight and the first spacewalk. 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: 1964-10-12
- End Date: 1965-03-19
- Outcome: Successful; two crewed missions flew, achieving the first multi-person spaceflight and the first spacewalk.
2. Voskhod programme (Wikipedia)
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Two one-day crewed missions were flown using the Voskhod spacecraft and rocket
Wikipedia: Voskhod programme, lead section
Two one-day crewed missions were flown using the Voskhod spacecraft and rocket, one in 1964 and one in 1965.
- Wikipedia: Voskhod programme, mission list
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In Group: Soviet Early Crewed Spaceflight Programs, Lead sentenceQuote, In Group: Soviet Early Crewed Spaceflight Programs, Lead sentence
The Voskhod programme (Russian: Восход, lit. 'ascent, dawn', IPA: [vɐsˈxot]) was the second Soviet human spaceflight project.
Voskhod (spacecraft) - Wikipedia
Spacecraft Of: Voskhod, Lead sentence
The Voskhod (Russian: Восход, lit. 'Sunrise') was a spacecraft built by the Soviet Union's space program for human spaceflight as part of the Voskhod programme.
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The Voskhod (Russian: Восход, lit. 'Sunrise') was a spacecraft built by the Soviet Union's space program for human spaceflight as part of the Voskhod programme.
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