Program archive

Vostok

Six solo Vostok missions opened the era of human spaceflight, progressing from Yuri Gagarin's single orbit to day-long flights, paired missions, and Valentina Tereshkova's historic flight.

Missions: 6
People: 6
Vehicles: 1

Explore this program

Choose a path through the Vostok archive.

Currently viewing · Timeline

Vostok timeline

6 flights. One complete program record.

Follow every archived flight from the earliest development test through the program’s latest flown mission, with its defining milestones and mission hardware connected along the way.

Defining milestones

The turning points that shaped this program and its legacy.

Every Vostok program record

All 6 flown and non-flight archive records arranged chronologically.

Launch corridor

6 flights and tests compressed into 1 expandable arc.

Arc 01Ignition1961–1963 · 6 records

Flight arc 01IgnitionVostok 1 → Vostok 61961–1963 · 6 records1961–1963
6 records