List of Vostok and Voskhod missions
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Vostok and Voskhod were two spacecraft flown by the Soviet Union. Between 1960 and 1966, Vostok and Voskhod performed 11 successful, 2 partially successful and 3 unsuccessful missions. There are allegations that the Soviets had sent more Vostok missions than what Russian officials said, which are excluded from this list.[1]
| Mission | Spacecraft | Launch | Landing | Crew | Outcome | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Korabl-Sputnik 1 | 1P | 15 May 1960 | 5 September 1962 | N/a | Partial failure | Uncontrolled reentry with debris landing in Manitowoc, Wisconsin[2] |
| Unnamed | 1K-1 | 28 July 1960 | N/a | N/a | Failure | Booster exploded on launch killing two dogs flying on the mission - Bars (“Panther” or “Lynx”) and Lisichka (“Little Fox”).[3] |
| Korabl-Sputnik 2 | 1K-2 | 19 August 1960 | 20 August 1960 | N/a | Success | First spaceflight to send animals into orbit and return them safely back to Earth, including two Soviet space dogs, Belka and Strelka[4]: 20–21, 27 |
| Korabl-Sputnik 3 | 1K-3 | 1 December 1960 | 2 December 1960 | N/a | Partial failure | capsule burned up on re-entry killing dogs Pchelka and Muska.[5] |
| Unnamed | 1K-4 | 22 December 1960 | N/a | N/a | Failure | Launch aborted when upper stage failed preventing injection into orbit. Dogs Damka (“Little Lady”) and Krasavka (“Beauty”) were safely recovered downrange after their suborbital flight.[3] |
| Korabl-Sputnik 4 | 3KA-1 | 9 March 1961 | 9 March 1961 | N/a | Success | successful flight, included dog Chernushka, some mice, and a guinea pig[5] |
| Korabl-Sputnik 5 | 3KA-2 | 25 March 1961 | 25 March 1961 | N/a | Success | final test flight prior to Vostok 1, included the dog Zvezdochka ("Starlet") on a single-orbit mission[6]: 267 |
| Vostok 1 | 3KA-3 | 12 April 1961 | 12 April 1961 | Yuri Gagarin | Success | First man in space.[7] |
| Vostok 2 | 3KA-4 | 6 August 1961 | 7 August 1961 | Gherman Titov | Success | First crewed mission lasting a full day.[8] |
| Vostok 3 | 3KA-5 | 11 August 1962 | 15 August 1962 | Andriyan Nikolayev | Success | First simultaneous flight of two crewed spacecraft.[9] |
| Vostok 4 | 3KA-6 | 12 August 1962 | 15 August 1962 | Pavel Popovich | Success | First simultaneous flight of two crewed spacecraft.[9] |
| Vostok 5 | 3KA-7 | 14 June 1963 | 19 June 1963 | Valery Bykovsky | Success | Longest solo orbital flight.[10] |
| Vostok 6 | 3KA-8 | 16 June 1963 | 19 June 1963 | Valentina Tereshkova | Success | First woman in space.[11] |