Vostok and Voskhod were two spacecraft flown by the Soviet Union. Between 1960 and 1966, Vostok and Voskhod performed 11 successful, 2 partially successful and 3 unsuccessful missions. There are allegations that the Soviets had sent more Vostok missions than what Russian officials said, which are excluded from this list.
Vostok missions Mission Spacecraft Launch Landing Crew Outcome Notes Korabl-Sputnik 1 1P 15 May 1960 5 September 1962 Uncontrolled reentry with debris landing in Manitowoc, Wisconsin Unnamed 1K-1 28 July 1960 Booster exploded on launch killing two dogs flying on the mission - Bars (“Panther” or “Lynx”) and Lisichka (“Little Fox”). Korabl-Sputnik 2 1K-2 19 August 1960 20 August 1960 First spaceflight to send animals into orbit and return them safely back to Earth, including two Soviet space dogs, Belka and Strelka Korabl-Sputnik 3 1K-3 1 December 1960 2 December 1960 capsule burned up on re-entry killing dogs Pchelka and Muska. Unnamed 1K-4 22 December 1960 Launch aborted when upper stage failed preventing injection into orbit. Dogs Damka (“Little Lady”) and Krasavka (“Beauty”) were safely recovered downrange after their suborbital flight. Korabl-Sputnik 4 3KA-1 9 March 1961 9 March 1961 successful flight, included dog Chernushka, some mice, and a guinea pig Korabl-Sputnik 5 3KA-2 25 March 1961 25 March 1961 final test flight prior to Vostok 1, included the dog Zvezdochka ("Starlet") on a single-orbit mission Vostok 1 3KA-3 12 April 1961 12 April 1961 Yuri Gagarin First man in space. Vostok 2 3KA-4 6 August 1961 7 August 1961 Gherman Titov First crewed mission lasting a full day. Vostok 3 3KA-5 11 August 1962 15 August 1962 Andriyan Nikolayev First simultaneous flight of two crewed spacecraft. Vostok 4 3KA-6 12 August 1962 15 August 1962 Pavel Popovich First simultaneous flight of two crewed spacecraft. Vostok 5 3KA-7 14 June 1963 19 June 1963 Valery Bykovsky Longest solo orbital flight. Vostok 6 3KA-8 16 June 1963 19 June 1963 Valentina Tereshkova First woman in space.
Voskhod missions Mission Spacecraft Launch Landing Crew Outcome Notes Kosmos 47 3KV-2 6 October 1964 7 October 1964 Uncrewed test flight of prototype Soviet Voskhod spacecraft Voskhod 1 3KV-3 12 October 1964 13 October 1964 Vladimir KomarovKonstantin FeoktistovBoris Yegorov First multi-crewed spacecraft. Kosmos 57 3KD-1 22 February 1965 6 April 1965 Spacecraft destroyed during third orbit; over 100 pieces of spacecraft debris were tracked, falling into the ocean between 31 March and 6 April 1965. Voskhod 2 3KD-4 18 March 1965 19 March 1965 Pavel BelyayevAlexey Leonov First spacewalk. Kosmos 110 3KV-5 22 February 1966 16 March 1966 Carried two dogs, Veterok ("Breeze") and Ugolyok ("Little piece of coal") to study prolonged effects of space travel. See also Soviet space program Voskhod programme Vostok programme
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