Voskhod

Project Summary

Information coming out of Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union suggests that Voskhod was basically a public relations gimmick by the Soviet government to upstage the United States in the space race. By pulling almost all non-critical equipment out of the Vostok spacecraft, they were able to squeeze three cosmonauts -- without spacesuits -- into the tiny crew compartment to achieve the space first of a multi-person crew. In the second Voskhod flight, they mounted a collapsible airlock to Vostok to allow a cosmonaut to exit the spacecraft in the first extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or space walk. While the United States, during the two years after the last Voskhod flight, went on to equal and greatly bypass these Soviet accomplishments, there were no new Soviet manned spaceflights until Soyuz 1 in April 1967.

Missions Flown

                                 # of Flt.                          
  Date       Spacecraft Name     Crew Days      Mission/Payload     
-------- ----------------------- ---- ----  ------------------------
Manned Flight Details
10/06/63 Voskhod (Cosmos 47)       -     -  Orbital test            
10/12/63 Voskhod 1                 3     1  Earth orbit             
02/22/65 Voskhod (Cosmos 57)       -     -  In-orbit failure        
03/18/65 Voskhod 2                 2     1  Earth orbit             
02/22/66 Voskhod (Cosmos 110)      -     -  Orbital test - 2 dogs   

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Last Updated: January 1, 2003