Vostok Program

19 Aug
2020
August 19, 2020

Korabl-Sputnik 2: The First Animals Recovered from Orbit

As 1960 unfolded, the United States and Soviet Union were racing to develop their own crewed spacecraft to loft the first human into space. One of […]
Manned Spaceflight, Rockets & Propulsion, Spaceflight, Unmanned Spaceflight
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15 May
2020
May 15, 2020

Korabl-Sputnik & The Origin of the Soviet Vostok Program

At the same time American agencies like NACA and the USAF were studying manned spaceflight through the 1950s (see “The Origins of NASA’s Mercury Program”), comparable […]
Manned Spaceflight, Rockets & Propulsion, Spaceflight, Unmanned Spaceflight
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12 Apr
2015
April 12, 2015

Vostok’s Legacy

The impact of the first human to fly into space can hardly be appreciated today in this age of a continuous human presence in Earth orbit. […]
Manned Spaceflight, Remote Sensing History, Spaceflight, Unmanned Spaceflight
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