Vostok programme

The Vostok programme was a Soviet human spaceflight project to put the first Soviet cosmonauts 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. The Vostok capsule was developed from the Zenit spy satellite project, and its launch vehicle was adapted from the existing R-7 Semyorka intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) design. The name "Vostok" was treated as classified information until Gagarin's flight was first publicly disclosed to the world press.

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1961 — 1963 Vostok programme

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Vostok spacecraft- cabin layout

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Vostok kresls

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Stamps of Germany (DDR) 1962, Kleinbogen 0926 - 0933

Saratov, Victory Park, Modul "Vostok" (Gagarin^) - panoramio

Vostok cutaway crew seating

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Vostok spacecraft- cabin layout		Commons
commons	image		Convert ru kosmos179		Commons
commons	image		Convert ru kosmos025		Commons
commons	image		Vostok kresls		Commons
commons	image		50Vostokarev		Commons
commons	image		Stamps of Germany (DDR) 1962, Kleinbogen 0926 - 0933		Commons
commons	image		Saratov, Victory Park, Modul "Vostok" (Gagarin^) - panoramio		Commons
commons	image		Vostok cutaway crew seating		Commons
commons	image		USSRcover-spaceseries1972-vostok		Commons
commons	image		Kaluga Wikiexpedition (2016-06-11) 0496		Commons