Vostok 6
| Mission Insignia
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| Mission Statistics
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| Mission Name:
| Vostok 6
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| Call Sign:
| Чайка (Chayka - "Seagull")
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| Number of Crew Members:
| 1
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| Launch:
| June 16, 1963
09:29:52 UTC
Baikonur LC1
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| Landing:
| June 19, 1963
08:20 UTC
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| Duration:
| 2 days, 22 hours, 50 minutes
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| Number of Orbits:
| 48
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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
Mission Parameters
- Mass: 4713 kg
- Perigee: 165 km
- Apogee: 166 km
- Inclination: 64.9°
- Period: 87.8 minutes
