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Vostok 6
| Mission Insignia | |
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| Mission Statistics | |
| Mission Name: | Vostok 6 |
| Call Sign: | Чайка (Chayka - "Seagull") |
| Number of Crew Members: | 1 |
| Launch: | June 16, 1963 09:29:52 UTC Baikonur LC1 |
| Landing: | June 19, 1963 08:20 UTC |
| Duration: | 2 days, 22 hours, 50 minutes |
| Number of Orbits: | 48 |
A joint flight with Vostok 5, Vostok 6 carried the first woman into space, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova. (See also: List of firsts) This was largely a publicity exercise on the part of Soviet space programme director Sergei Korolev, but data was collected on the female body's reaction to spaceflight. The mission was originally conceived as being a joint mission with two Vostoks carrying female cosmonauts, but this changed as the Vostok program was cut back.
The re-entry capsule is now on display at the RKK Energia Museum in Kaluga.
This was the final Vostok flight.
Crew
Backup
- Irina Solovyova
Mission Parameters
- Mass: 4713 kg
- Perigee: 165 km
- Apogee: 166 km
- Inclination: 64.9°
- Period: 87.8 minutes
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