Vostok 6
Launch Date
June 16, 1963
Craft
Vostok
Status
Past
Crew
1
Vostok 6
Launch Date
June 16, 1963
Craft
Vostok
Status
Past
Crew
1
Overview
With this mission, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to fly in space. Vostok 6 was a joint mission with Vostok 5 and was the final flight of the Vostok program. Mission controllers were condescending in their post-flight reports on Tereshkova, describing her performance as "adequate." She never flew again.
Crafts
Vostok
Vostok was the first spacecraft capable of carrying humans into space. Officially known as Vostok 3KA, the single-person vehicle did not have landing equipment and all Soviets who flew on it had to eject at 7 km and parachute to the ground. The program completed six human flights and proved that people could live in space for several days.
