Comprehend the history and accomplishments of the Russian Vostok project

Comprehend the history and accomplishments of the Russian Voskhod project

Comprehend the history and accomplishments of the Russian Soyuz Project

The Soviet/Russian Manned Space Program

Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the First Man in Space Soviets put a man in space first On 12 April 1961, Vostok 1, circled the

Earth at nearly 17,000 mph Gagarin had no control over his

spacecraftWhile training for his second space

mission, his MiG 15 crashed near Moscow in 1968 killing Gagarin

Valentina Tereshkova, the First Woman in Space An amateur parachutist The first woman in space when she went

up aboard Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963 Her mission lasted nearly three days, in

which she orbited Earth 48 times

Russian Vostok Program – “The Firsts”

In 1961 Gherman Titov became the first person to spend a full day in orbit, aboard Vostok 2

In 1962 Vostok 3 and Vostok 4 carried out the first two-spacecraft mission

On 14 June 1963 the crew of Vostok 5 carried out the first long-duration mission, five days in orbit

The Voskhod -- The First Three-Man SpacecraftDesigners wanted vehicles capable of

carrying more than one person Soviets modified their Vostok

spacecraft to hold two or three cosmonauts

The Voskhod 1 mission was designed to: Test the new spacecraftSee how well a group of

cosmonauts from different professional backgrounds would work together in space;

Conduct physical and technical experiments;

Perform an extensive medical-biological investigation program

Alexei Leonov, the First to ‘Walk’ in Space On 18 March 1965 the Soviets

launched the spacecraft Voskhod 2 Leonov’s spacecraft had an

extendable air lock, however this did cause some problems getting back into the spacecraft

During his brief adventure Leonov felt both tension and euphoria

The automatic orientation system for the retrofire malfunctioned

Russian Soyuz Project The Purpose of the Soyuz

missions was to develop a space station that would orbit Earth

Although speculation was that the Soyuz program’s real goal, like that of Apollo, was to put a man on the Moon

First Soyuz mission (launched March 1967) ended in disaster

The Docking Experiments Conducted During Soyuz ProjectOn 14 January 1969 the Soviet Union

made its first wintertime launch of a manned spacecraft: Soyuz 4

The next day, Soyuz 5 went up A day after that, Soyuz 4 began a

docking exercise with Soyuz 5 Soyuz 4 returned to Earth after three

days with a crew of three

The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project The first human spaceflight

mission managed jointly by two nations

On 15 July 1975 the space agencies launched their two ships.

At 2:17 p.m. US Central Time on 17 July the two ships docked

The mission was a resounding success for both countries

Summer 1976, then 10 year old, intrepid space enthusiast Todd Zachary builds his Apollo-Soyuz model…two days later it is destroyed in a freak pyrotechnics experiment

Mir Space Station (1986-2001)The Russian Space Station Mir

endured 15 years in orbit, three times its planned lifetime

Mir set every record in long-duration spaceflight. Physician Valeri Polyakov lived aboard Mir for a single, continuous-orbit stay of 437 days, 17 hours and 38 minutes.

On June 29, 1995, U.S. Space Shuttles began docking with the Russian space station

After more than 86,000 total orbits, Mir re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on Friday, March 23, 2001, at 9 a.m. Moscow time.

Russian Space Program TodayInternational Space StationHeavy Space Lift CapabilityPhobus Grunt Mission (Jan 2012)

Designed to collect samples from the Martian moon PhobosSoon after launch a series of malfunctions occur in the

propulsion system preventing the spacecraft from leaving earth’s orbit

Comprehend the history and accomplishments of the Russian Vostok project

Comprehend the history and accomplishments of the Russian Voskhod project

Comprehend the history and accomplishments of the Russian Soyuz Project

The Soviet/Russian Manned Space Program