Vostok spacecraft
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The Vostok spacecraft was the Soviet Union’s pioneering series of crewed space capsules that carried the first humans, including Yuri Gagarin, into orbit during the early 1960s.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Vostok spacecraft canonical | 7 |
| Vostok 3KA | 3 |
| Korabl-Sputnik spacecraft | 1 |
| Vostok descent module | 1 |
| Vostok instrument module | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Vostok spacecraft Context triple: [Vostok 1, spacecraftType, Vostok spacecraft]
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Voskhod spacecraft
The Voskhod spacecraft was a Soviet crewed space capsule that succeeded Vostok and enabled milestones such as the first multi-person crewed mission and the first spacewalk during the early space race.
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Soyuz spacecraft
The Soyuz spacecraft is a long-serving Russian crewed vehicle used to transport astronauts and cosmonauts to and from low Earth orbit, including the International Space Station.
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Vostok-2 rocket
The Vostok-2 rocket was a Soviet expendable launch vehicle derived from the R-7 family, used primarily in the early 1960s to launch reconnaissance and scientific satellites into low Earth orbit.
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Vostok 1
Vostok 1 was the Soviet spacecraft that carried Yuri Gagarin on the first human spaceflight, marking humanity’s inaugural journey into outer space in 1961.
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Vostok-L rocket
The Vostok-L rocket was an early Soviet launch vehicle used in the late 1950s and early 1960s to test and develop the technology that would later support human spaceflight in the Vostok program.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Vostok spacecraft Target entity description: The Vostok spacecraft was the Soviet Union’s pioneering series of crewed space capsules that carried the first humans, including Yuri Gagarin, into orbit during the early 1960s.
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A.
Voskhod spacecraft
The Voskhod spacecraft was a Soviet crewed space capsule that succeeded Vostok and enabled milestones such as the first multi-person crewed mission and the first spacewalk during the early space race.
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B.
Soyuz spacecraft
The Soyuz spacecraft is a long-serving Russian crewed vehicle used to transport astronauts and cosmonauts to and from low Earth orbit, including the International Space Station.
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C.
Vostok-2 rocket
The Vostok-2 rocket was a Soviet expendable launch vehicle derived from the R-7 family, used primarily in the early 1960s to launch reconnaissance and scientific satellites into low Earth orbit.
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Vostok 1
Vostok 1 was the Soviet spacecraft that carried Yuri Gagarin on the first human spaceflight, marking humanity’s inaugural journey into outer space in 1961.
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Vostok-L rocket
The Vostok-L rocket was an early Soviet launch vehicle used in the late 1950s and early 1960s to test and develop the technology that would later support human spaceflight in the Vostok program.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet spacecraft
ⓘ
crewed spacecraft ⓘ space capsule ⓘ |
| achievement |
first human spaceflight
ⓘ
first woman in space ⓘ |
| carried |
Andriyan Nikolayev
ⓘ
surface form:
Andrian Nikolayev
Gherman Titov ⓘ Pavel Popovich ⓘ Valentina Tereshkova ⓘ Valery Bykovsky ⓘ Yuri Gagarin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| crewCapacity | 1 ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Vostok unmanned reconnaissance satellite design ⓘ |
| descentModuleDiameter | about 2.3 m ⓘ |
| designer | Sergei Korolev ⓘ |
| era | early 1960s ⓘ |
| firstCrewedFlight | 1961-04-12 ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1960-05-15 ⓘ |
| guidance | ground-controlled and limited onboard automatic control ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
descent module
ⓘ
equipment module ⓘ |
| hasEjectionSeat | yes ⓘ |
| hasLifeSupport | yes ⓘ |
| landingMethod | cosmonaut ejection and parachute landing ⓘ |
| lastCrewedFlight | 1963-06-19 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ |
| launchVehicle |
Vostok-K rocket
ⓘ
surface form:
Vostok rocket
|
| manufacturer | OKB-1 ⓘ |
| notableMission |
Vostok 1
ⓘ
Vostok 2 ⓘ Vostok 3 ⓘ Vostok 4 ⓘ Vostok 5 ⓘ Vostok 6 ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | 6 crewed spacecraft ⓘ |
| numberOfCrewedMissions | 6 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Soviet space program ⓘ |
| orbitType | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| partOf |
Vostok programme
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surface form:
Vostok program
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| propulsion | small retrorocket system for deorbit ⓘ |
| reentryMethod | ballistic reentry ⓘ |
| shape | spherical descent module ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | Soviet space program ⓘ |
| spacecraftMass | about 4725 kg ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| successor | Voskhod spacecraft ⓘ |
| usedFor |
biomedical research in space
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human spaceflight ⓘ orbital flight ⓘ spacecraft systems testing ⓘ |
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Subject: Vostok spacecraft Description of subject: The Vostok spacecraft was the Soviet Union’s pioneering series of crewed space capsules that carried the first humans, including Yuri Gagarin, into orbit during the early 1960s.
Referenced by (13)
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