Vostok 6
Crew:
Valentina Tereshkova [1], Commander
Backup Crew:
Irina Solovyova
(for Tereshkova)
Launch:
Location: Baikonur, Site 1/5
Date: 16 June 1963
Time: 09:29:00 UTC
Landing:
Date: 19 June 1963
Time: 08:20:00 UTC
Location: 53° 12.6' N, 80° 48.2' E
Duration: 2 days, 22 hours, 51 minutes, 0 seconds
Call Sign: Chaika (Seagull)
Vostok 5 and Vostok 6 were a dual flight, much like the Vostok 3 and Vostok 4 flights nearly a year before. Vostok 6 would land over 2 and half hours before Vostok 5. The two craft passed within 5 km of each other.
Tereskhova was the first woman to fly in space. There would not be another one for 19 years.
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