Vostok 6

Mission Insignia
Mission Statistics
Mission Name:	Vostok 6
Call Sign:	Чайка (Chayka - "Seagull")
Number of Crew Members:	1
Launch:	June 16, 1963 09:29:52 UTC Baikonur LC1
Landing:	June 19, 1963 08:20 UTC
Duration:	2 days, 22 hours, 50 minutes
Number of Orbits:	48

A joint flight with Vostok 5, Vostok 6 carried the first woman into space, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova. (See also: List of firsts) This was largely a publicity exercise on the part of Soviet space programme director Sergei Korolev, but data was collected on the female body's reaction to spaceflight. The mission was originally conceived as being a joint mission with two Vostoks carrying female cosmonauts, but this changed as the Vostok program was cut back.

The re-entry capsule is now on display at the RKK Energia Museum in Kaluga.

This was the final Vostok flight.

Crew

• Valentina Tereshkova

Backup

• Irina Solovyova

Mission Parameters

• Mass: 4713 kg
• Perigee: 165 km
• Apogee: 166 km
• Inclination: 64.9°
• Period: 87.8 minutes