"Vostok-6”
Date of launch: June 16, 1963
Launch site: Baykonur Cosmodrome (USSR).
Launch vehicle: the "Vostok” rocket-carrier.
Launch crew: Commander – Valentina TERESHKOVA (USSR)
Brief Summary: The first world space flight of a woman-cosmonaut. During returning to Earth the cosmonaut catapulted out from the landing capsule and then descended and landed by parachute. The capsule descended and landed by parachute separately.
Landing crew: Commander - Valentina TERESHKOVA (USSR)
Date of landing: June 19, 1963.
Place of landing: 620 kilometers to North-East from the city of Karaganda, Kazakhstan, USSR. |
