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Vostok 6 was the last flight of a Vostok 3KA spacecraft and the final flight of the Vostok programme. The Vostok 6 landing site coordinates are 53°12′34″N 80°48′14″E / 53.209375°N 80.80395°E / 53.209375; 80.80395 , 200 km (120 mi) west of Barnaul , Altai, Russia and 7 km (4.3 mi) south of Baevo, and 650 km (400 mi ...
The 1980 Plesetsk launch pad disaster was the explosion of a Vostok-2M rocket carrying a Tselina-D satellite during fueling at Site 43/4 of the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the town of Mirny in the Soviet Union at 19:01 local time (16:01 UTC) on 18 March 1980, two hours and fifteen minutes before the intended launch time. Forty-four people were ...
On March 18, 1980, a Vostok-2M rocket exploded on its launch pad at Plesetsk during a fueling operation, killing 48 people. An investigation into a similar – but avoided – accident revealed that the substitution of lead-based for tin-based solder in hydrogen peroxide filters allowed the breakdown of the H 2 O 2 , thus causing the resultant ...
They were launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome using Vostok 8K72K launch vehicles. The first flight of a Vostok 3KA occurred on March 9, 1961. The first flight with a crew—Vostok 1 carrying Yuri Gagarin—took place on April 12, 1961. The last flight—Vostok 6 carrying the first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova—took place on June 16, 1963.
Vostok 1: Last flight: Vostok 6: Launch site(s) ... Launch pad; Expendable and ... Vostok 6A - pair to Vostok 5 group flight with female cosmonaut instead fulfilled ...
On June 16, 1963, Valentina Tereshkova launched into the great beyond aboard the Vostok 6 spacecraft, making her the first woman to ever achieve the milestone. The flight lasted approximately 70 ...
The first orbital launch occurred on 3 December 1969, when a Voskhod rocket carried the Kosmos 313 satellite into orbit. Both pads suffered significant damage due to explosions in the 1980s. The first incident, on 18 March 1980, which came to be known as the Plesetsk launch pad disaster , occurred when a Vostok-2M rocket exploded during fueling ...
The launch vehicle crashed near the pad. 2 June 1962, 16:36 R-7A Semyorka (8K74) LC-31/6, Baikonur: ... Vostok 6: Crewed orbital flight, 1 cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova