Onset of Manned Flight
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The Voskhod multi-man spacecraft made it possible to put a crew of three people into space, and as well provided a special airlock through which a man could egress into space.
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The Voskhod spacecraft on its support. |
Cosmonaut A. A. Leonov before flight. He was the first to egress into space and stayed there for 12 minutes and 9 seconds. He moved away from the spacecraft a distance of 5 meters.
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Fueling of the launch vehicle for the Voskhod spacecraft.
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TheVoskhod research spacecraft, designed for long-term flight.
TheVoskhod spacecraft for physico-technological studies.
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The Zenit-2 satellite. It was the first special-purpose unmanned satellite from which Earth photography was performed.
The Zenit-4 satellite.
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The Electron satellite system made it possible to get data on the radiation belt and the Earth’s magnetic field that was necessary to provide radiation safety on manned flights.