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The former Soviet Union began manned space flight on April 12, 1961, when they launched cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin into orbit around the Earth aboard the Vostok space capsule. The single-seat Vostok remained in use for five more flights, until 1964, when it was replaced with the multi-seater space capsule Voskhod.

 Identifier

NASM.XXXX.0583

Date

1961-1964

Provenance

Frank Winter, Gift, 1996, XXXX-0583, unknown

Extent

0.1 Cubic feet ((1 scrapbook))

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

This collection contains a variety of documentation pertaining to the Vostok capsule. Included are: engineering drawings by Donald J. Ritchie of the capsule, the cabin instrument panel, the cabin control panel and the ejection seat; detailed pencil drawings of the capsule and the cabin instrumentation, in English and in Russian, most are signed and dated; an article from 'Aviation Week and Space Technology' May 31, 1965, magazine and newspaper clippings; and sixty-five black and white photographs of the capsule, cabin instrument panel, cabin control panel, ejection seat, and space suit.

Rights

Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests

Restrictions

No restrictions on access

Topics

Astronautics

Vostok (manned satellite)

Manned space flight

Astronauts

Space flight

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Clippings

Drawings

Scrapbooks