SOVIET
"FIRSTS" IN VOSTOK
1961 First man
in space, Yuri Gagarin's one-orbit flight (Vostok 1)
1961 First full
day in orbit, Gherman Titov (Vostok 2)
1962 First two-spacecraft
mission (Vostoks 3 and 4)
1963 First long-duration
mission, five days in orbit (Vostok 5)
1963 First woman
in space, Valentina Tereshkova (Vostok 6)
Courtesy
of Art Dula
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