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Vostok 6

Mission Insignia
Mission Statistics
Mission Name: Vostok 6
Call Sign: Чайка (Chayka - "Seagull")
Number of Crew Members: 1
Launch: June 16, 196309:29:52 UTCBaikonur LC1
Landing: June 19, 196308:20 UTC53� 16' N, 80� 27' E
Duration: 2 days, 22 hours, 50 minutes
Number of Orbits: 48

A joint flight with Vostok 5, Vostok 6 carried the first woman into space, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova. This was largely a publicity exercise on the part of Soviet space programme director Sergei Korolev, but data was collected on the female body's reaction to spaceflight. The mission was originally conceived as being a joint mission with two Vostoks carrying female cosmonauts, but this changed as the Vostok programme was cut back

The re-entry capsule is now on display at the RKK Energia Museum in Kaluga.

This was the final Vostok flight.

Crew

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