Vostok 6
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Vostok 6 was a 1963 Soviet crewed spaceflight that carried Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, into low Earth orbit.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vostok 6 canonical | 11 |
| Vostok 6 mission | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Vostok programme mission
ⓘ
crewed spaceflight ⓘ |
| apoapsis | about 230 km ⓘ |
| backupCrew | Irina Solovyova ⓘ |
| callsign | Chaika ⓘ |
| communicationLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| cosmonautEjectionAltitude | about 7 km ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| crewGender | female ⓘ |
| crewMember | Valentina Tereshkova ⓘ |
| crewRoleOf_Valentina Tereshkova | pilot ⓘ |
| crewSelection | female cosmonaut corps of the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| crewSize | 1 ⓘ |
| distanceTo_Vostok 5_minimum | about 5 km ⓘ |
| firstFlightOf | first spaceflight of Valentina Tereshkova ⓘ |
| guidanceSystem | ground-controlled with limited manual control ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | milestone in human spaceflight and women’s participation in space ⓘ |
| inclination | about 64.9 degrees ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1963-06-19 ⓘ |
| landingMethod | cosmonaut ejected and landed by parachute ⓘ |
| landingSite |
Kazakh SSR
ⓘ
surface form:
Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
|
| launchComplex |
Baikonur Cosmodrome
ⓘ
surface form:
Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1/5
|
| launchDate | 1963-06-16 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Vostok-K rocket ⓘ |
| launchYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| lifeSupport | closed-cycle environmental control system ⓘ |
| missionDuration | approximately 70 hours ⓘ |
| missionObjective |
to conduct biomedical and technical experiments with a female cosmonaut
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to study the effects of spaceflight on the female body ⓘ |
| missionPatch | no official mission patch used ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
carried the first woman in space
ⓘ
first solo spaceflight by a woman ⓘ |
| operator | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| orbitsCompleted | 48 ⓘ |
| orbitType | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| periapsis | about 180 km ⓘ |
| previousMission | Vostok 5 ⓘ |
| programme | Vostok programme ⓘ |
| publicAnnouncement | announced after successful orbital insertion ⓘ |
| simultaneousFlightWith | Vostok 5 ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | Soviet space program ⓘ |
| spacecraftMass_category | about 4.7 tonnes ⓘ |
| spacecraftReturn | descent module landed separately by parachute ⓘ |
| spacecraftType |
Vostok spacecraft
ⓘ
surface form:
Vostok 3KA
|
| technologyGeneration | early first-generation crewed spacecraft ⓘ |
| trainingLocation |
Star City, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union
ⓘ
surface form:
Star City, Soviet Union
|
Referenced by (12)
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this entity surface form:
Vostok 6 mission