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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Wikimedia FoundationWikipedia: 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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