Voskhod spacecraft

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Soviet spacecraft crewed spacecraft space capsule

The Voskhod spacecraft was a Soviet crewed space capsule that succeeded Vostok and enabled milestones such as the first multi-person crewed mission and the first spacewalk during the early space race.

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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet spacecraft → crewed spacecraft → space capsule →
achievedMilestone	first multi-person crewed spaceflight → first spacewalk →
attitudeControl	gas-jet thrusters →
basedOn	Vostok spacecraft design →
countryOfOrigin	Soviet Union →
crewCapacity	3 →
crewOfVoskhod1	Boris Yegorov NERFINISHED → Konstantin Feoktistov NERFINISHED → Vladimir Komarov →
crewOfVoskhod2	Alexei Leonov → Pavel Belyayev NERFINISHED →
designer	Sergei Korolev →
era	early Space Race →
firstFlight	Voskhod 1 →
firstFlightDate	1964-10-12 →
followedBy	Soyuz spacecraft →
hasComponent	descent module → equipment module → service module →
heatShield	ablative heat shield →
landingMethod	parachute landing →
landingSite	Kazakh steppe →
lastFlight	Voskhod 2 →
lastFlightDate	1965-03-18 →
launchSite	Baikonur Cosmodrome →
launchVehicle	Voskhod rocket →
lifeSupport	closed-cycle environmental control system →
manufacturer	OKB-1 →
notableMission	Voskhod 1 → Voskhod 2 →
numberOfCrewedFlights	2 →
operator	Soviet Academy of Sciences → Soviet Air Force →
orbitRegime	low Earth orbit →
performedFirstSpacewalkBy	Alexei Leonov →
powerSource	chemical batteries →
precededBy	Vostok spacecraft →
reentryControl	automatic and manual systems →
reentryMethod	ballistic reentry →
safetyCompromises	crew flew without spacesuits on Voskhod 1 → lack of launch escape system →
spaceAgency	Soviet space program →
status	retired →
usedFor	crewed spaceflight → low Earth orbit missions →
usedInProgram	Voskhod program →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Soviet space program ("Voskhod 1") → Soviet space program ("Voskhod 2") →	launched
Voskhod spacecraft ("Voskhod 1") → Voskhod spacecraft ("Voskhod 2") →	notableMission
OKB-1 →	developed
Voskhod spacecraft ("Voskhod 1") →	firstFlight
Voskhod spacecraft ("Voskhod 2") →	lastFlight
Sergei Korolev →	notableWork
Soyuz spacecraft ("Voskhod program") →	predecessorProgram
Space Race ("Voskhod program") →	significantEvent
Voskhod spacecraft ("Voskhod program") →	usedInProgram