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VostokAny of a series of six manned Soviet spacecraft launched from 1961 to 1963. Vostok 1 (1961) carried the first human (Yury A. Gagarin) into space. Vostok 3 set a new time record in space of 94 hours. Vostoks 5 and 6 were launched two days apart and traveled very close together, at times only 3 mi (5 km) apart, setting the stage for future dockings between orbiting vehicles. The first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova, flew aboard Vostok 6. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Lake Vostok sits in a basin that formed as Earth's crust stretched thin, a feature that had set this body of water apart from all other subglacial Antarctic lakes, says Studinger. Seasons and The coldest air temperature ever recorded on Climate Earth was at Russia's Vostok research station on Antarctica. We acquired this experience in the course of a training exercise with the participation of the Caspian Flotilla and the command and staff games in the Pacific Fleet, codenamed Vostok 2003, when fleet command actually controlled and directed the actions by the power structures and other government ministries and departments. |
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