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Korabl-Sputnik 5 [2] (Russian: Корабль-Спутник 5 meaning Ship-Satellite 5) or Vostok-3KA No.2, also known as Sputnik 10 in the West, [3] was a Soviet spacecraft which was launched in 1961, as part of the Vostok programme. It was the last test flight of the Vostok spacecraft design prior the first crewed flight, Vostok 1.
Sputnik V (Russian: Спутник V, the brand name from the Russian Direct Investment Fund or RDIF) or Gam-COVID-Vac (Russian: Гам-КОВИД-Вак, the name under which it is legally registered and produced [4]) is an adenovirus viral vector vaccine for COVID-19 developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and ...
This mission was also a complete success, which was the final step required to get approval for a crewed mission. The re-entry module of the Korabl-Sputnik 5 spacecraft, also called Vostok 3KA-2, was auctioned at Sotheby's on April 12, 2011, the 50th anniversary of the first human spaceflight, Vostok 1. Evgeny Yurchenko, a Russian investment ...
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Sputnik 1. Sputnik (Спутник, Russian for "satellite" [1]) is a name for multiple spacecraft launched under the Soviet space program."Sputnik 1", "Sputnik 2" and "Sputnik 3" were the official Soviet names of those objects, and the remaining designations in the series ("Sputnik 4" and so on) were not official names but names applied in the West to objects whose original Soviet names may ...
Nikita Khruschev successfully launched Sputnik, the first artificial Earth satellite. ... For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to The Hill. Show comments.
ABC News later reported that the threat concerned attempts by Russia to launch a nuclear anti-satellite weapon. [6] The deployment of an orbital nuclear weapon would violate the Outer Space Treaty . According to officials, the United States does not have countermeasures against anti-satellite weapons.
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 simultaneous flight of two crewed spacecraft. Vostok 5: 3KA-7: 14 June 1963: 19 June 1963: Valery Bykovsky: Success: Longest solo orbital flight ...