The Vostok programme was a Soviet human spaceflight project. It competed with the Unites States Project Mercury and succeeded against them. Learn more about this programme through this video! #Unacademy #Education | Unacademy

'Vostok' Battalion Brotherhood | RT Documentary Since 2014 Vostok fighters have defended Donbass’ independence and stand at the forefront of the fight for freedom. This film was shot just 300 meters from the enemy in the midst of intense gunfire and mortar attacks. To capture the fighters' daily work, the film crew spent several days with Vostok warriors in the most dangerous zones of Donbass. The guys have become accustomed to constant risk and danger, and they're just trying to enjoy simple da

Apr. 12, 1961: Yuri Gagarin became the first man to go into space, making one complete orbit around the planet into the Vostok capsule. It was launched with the R-7 Semyorka (Russian: Р-7 Семёрка), officially the GRAU index 8K71, a Soviet missile developed during the Cold War, and the world’s first intercontinental ballistic missile. In modified form, it launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, into orbit, and became the basis for the R-7 family which includes Sputnik, Luna, Molniya,