Zenit Program

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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