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The Voskhod 1 mission was the first three-man mission attempted by the USSR. The development for this mission was formally approved on 13 April 1964. [12] This mission used a modified Vostok spacecraft that had been designed for previous manned missions. The modified Vostok spacecraft was renamed Voskhod 1 for the new three-man missions. [13]
The Voskhod (Russian: Восход, "Sunrise") was a spacecraft built by the Soviet Union's space program for human spaceflight as part of the Voskhod programme. It was a development of and a follow-on to the Vostok spacecraft. Voskhod 1 was used for a three-man flight whereas Voskhod 2 had a crew of two.
Voskhod 1 and 2 spacecraft. The Voskhod programme (Russian: Восход, IPA:, Ascent or Dawn) was the second Soviet human spaceflight project. Two one-day crewed missions were flown using the Voskhod spacecraft and rocket, one in 1964 and one in 1965, and two dogs flew on a 22-day mission in 1966.
First man in space. Vostok 2: 3KA-4: 6 August 1961: 7 August 1961: Gherman Titov: Success: First crewed mission lasting a full day. Vostok 3: 3KA-5: 11 August 1962: 15 August 1962: Andriyan Nikolayev: Success: First simultaneous flight of two crewed spacecraft. Vostok 4: 3KA-6: 12 August 1962: 15 August 1962: Pavel Popovich: Success: First ...
A Blue Origin New Shepard rocket lifts off from the company's launch site in West Texas on March 31, 2022. The mission carried five paying passengers and Gary Lai, New Shepard's chief architect ...
SpaceX is targeting a 1:09 p.m. launch of its Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg’s Space Launch Complex 4E near Lompoc, with a backup opportunity on Thursday at 12:55 p.m. The mission will carry 51 ...
The Voskhod programme began in 1964 and consisted of two crewed flights before the program was canceled by the Soyuz programme in 1966. Voskhod 1 launched on October 12, 1964, and was the first crewed spaceflight with a multi-crewed vehicle. [82] Alexei Leonov performed the first spacewalk aboard Voskhod 2 on March 18, 1965. [83]
The last time the lake was full was June 2019. The dam on the Truckee River in Tahoe City regulates up to 6 feet of storage, totaling 744,500 acre-feet on the lake, according to the USDA.