Vostok Programme
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| Started | 1961 |
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| Completed | 1963 |
| First flight | May 15, 1960 |
| Last flight | June 16, 1963 |
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| ID | 950143 |
About Vostok Programme
The Vostok programme was a Soviet human spaceflight project to put the first Soviet citizens 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.
Vostok programme Photos
