Oct. 12, 1964: Voshkod 1 sends the first crew to space

Voshkod 1 kicked off the second series of manned Soviet spaceflights, following the Vostok missions that had been the first to put humans in space. When the craft launched on Oct. 12, 1964, for its flight of just over 24 hours, it was the seventh crewed spaceflight for the Soviet Union — but the firstContinue reading “Oct. 12, 1964: Voshkod 1 sends the first crew to space”
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