Early Soviet Space Capsules

Vostok Spacecraft

In 1961, Yuri Gagarin flew into space aboard Vostok 1. Gagarin became the first person to orbit the Earth.

Five more Vostok missions were launched. Valentina Tereshkova, launched aboard Vostok 6 in 1963, became the first woman to fly in space.

Vostok Missions

Name	Launch Date	Orbits	Crew	Mission
Vostok 1	12 APR 1961	1	Yuri Gagarin	First human in orbit.
Vostok 2	6 AUG 1961	17	Gherman Titov	Orbital flight
Vostok 3	11 AUG 1962	64	Andriyan Nikolayev	Orbital flight
Vostok 4	12 AUG 1962	48	Pavel Popovich	Orbital flight
Vostok 5	14 JUN 1963	82	Valery Bykovsky	Orbital flight
Vostok 6	16 JUN 1963	48	Valentina Tereshkova	First woman in space.

Voskhod Spacecraft

Voskhod 1, launched in 1964, included the first three-person crew. Voskhod 2, launched the following year, included the first spacewalk. Connected to the spacecraft with a tether, Alexey Leonov spent around ten minutes drifting in space.

Vostok Missions

Name	Launch Date	Orbits	Crew	Mission
Voskhod 1	12 OCT 1964	16	Vladimir Komarov Boris Yegorov Konstantin Feoktistov	Orbital flight.
Voskhod 2	18 MAR 1965	17	Pavel Belyayev Alexey Leonov	First spacewalk.