Vostok 6
Soviet space mission of 1963, the first human spaceflight to carry a woman (Valentina Tereshkova) into space
Key facts
- Operator
- Soviet space program
- Cospar id
- 1963-023A
- Mission duration
- 2 days, 22 hours, 50 minutes
- Spacecraft
- Vostok-3KA No.8
- Manufacturer
- Experimental Design Bureau OKB-1
- Launch mass
- 4,713 kilograms (10,390 lb)
- Members
- Valentina Tereshkova
- Callsign
- Чайка ( Chayka - "Seagull")
- Launch date
- 16 June 1963, 09:29:52 ( 1963-06-16UTC09:29:52Z ) UTC
- Rocket
- Vostok-K 8K72K
- Launch site
- Baikonur 1/5
- Landing date
- 19 June 1963, 08:20 ( 1963-06-19UTC08:21Z ) UTC
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Vostok 6 (Russian: Восток-6, lit. 'Orient 6' or 'East 6') was the first human spaceflight to carry a woman, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, into space.
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