VOSTOK

Meaning of VOSTOK in English

/vos"tok, vo stok"/ ; Russ. /vu stawk"/ , n.

one of a series of Soviet spacecraft, carrying one cosmonaut, used to make the world's first manned spaceflights.

[ 1961; Vostók lit., east ]

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VOSTOK — Any of a series of six manned Soviet spacecraft launched from 1961 to 1963. Vostok 1 (1961) carried the first …
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VOSTOK — any of a series of manned Soviet spacecraft, the initial flight of which carried the first human being into space. …
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VOSTOK — Vostok BrE AmE ˈvɒst ɒk AmE ˈvɑːst ɑːk —Russian [ vʌ ˈstɔk \]
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VOSTOK — Any of a series of six manned Soviet spacecraft launched from 1961 to 1963. Vostok 1 (1961) carried the first …
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VOSTOK — Восток
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VOSTOK — Восток
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VOSTOK — Восток
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VOSTOK ISLAND — also spelled Vostock, formerly Staver Island coral atoll in the Southern Line Islands, part of Kiribati, southwestern Pacific Ocean. It …
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TERESHKOVA, VALENTINA (VLADIMIROVNA) — born March 6, 1937, Maslennikovo, Russia, U.S.S.R. Russian cosmonaut. An accomplished parachutist, she was accepted for the cosmonaut program in …
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SPACE EXPLORATION — Investigation of the universe beyond Earth's atmosphere by means of manned and unmanned spacecraft . Study of the use of …
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LINE ISLANDS — Chain of islands, central Pacific Ocean, south of the Hawaiian Islands. The Line Islands extend 1,600 mi (2,600 km) and …
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GAGARIN, YURY (ALEKSEYEVICH) — born March 9, 1934, near Gzhatsk, Russian S.F.S.R. died March 27, 1968, near Moscow Soviet cosmonaut. Son of a carpenter …
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SPACECRAFT — vehicle designed to operate, with or without a crew, in a controlled flight pattern, in Earth orbit or in outer …
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SPACE EXPLORATION — the investigation, by means of both manned and unmanned spacecraft, of the reaches of the universe beyond the atmosphere of …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 2001: WORLD-AFFAIRS — Afghanistan Area: 652,225 sq km (251,825 sq mi)Population (2000 est.):25,889,000 (including Afghan refugees estimated to number about 1,100,000 in Pakistan …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 2000: WORLD-AFFAIRS — Afghanistan Area: 652,225 sq km (251,825 sq mi)Population (1999 est.):25,825,000 (including Afghan refugees estimated to number about 1,100,000 in Pakistan …
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WEDDELL SEA — deep embayment of the Antarctic coastline that forms the southernmost tip of the Atlantic Ocean. Centring at about 73 S, …
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VOSKHOD — any of a second series of manned Soviet spacecraft. Following the triumph of the Vostok (q.v.) launchings that had put …
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TITOV, GHERMAN STEPANOVICH — born September 11, 1935, Verkhneye Zhilino, near Barnaul, Russia, U.S.S.R. died September 20, 2000, Moscow Soviet cosmonaut who piloted the …
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TERESHKOVA, VALENTINA — born March 6, 1937, Maslennikovo, Russia, U.S.S.R. in full Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova Soviet cosmonaut, the first woman to travel into …
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PRIMORSKY KRAY — also spelled Primorskij Kraj, English Maritime Region administrative division, Russia, between the Sea of Japan to the east and northeastern …
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POPOVICH, PAVEL ROMANOVICH — born Oct. 5, 1930, Uzin, Ukraine, U.S.S.R. Soviet cosmonaut who piloted the Vostok 4 spacecraft, launched Aug. 12, 1962. He …
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NIKOLAYEV, ANDRIYAN GRIGORYEVICH — born , Sept. 5, 1929, Shorshely, Chuvash A.S.S.R., U.S.S.R. [now Chuvashiya, Russia] Soviet cosmonaut who piloted the Vostok 3 spacecraft, …
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MERCURY — in astronomy, innermost planet of the solar system. Its average distance from the Sun is about 58 million km (35,960,000 …
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LINE ISLANDS — chain of coral atolls in the central Pacific Ocean, some of which belong to the Republic of Kiribati and some …
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LEONTYEV, KONSTANTIN NIKOLAYEVICH — born Jan. 25 [Jan. 13, old style], 1831, Kudinovo, near Kaluga, Russia died Nov. 24 [Nov. 12, O.S.], 1891, near …
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KOROLYOV, SERGEY PAVLOVICH — born Jan. 12, 1907, [Dec. 30, 1906, Old Style], Zhitomir, Russia died Jan. 14, 1966, Moscow Soviet designer of guided …
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GAGARIN, YURY ALEKSEYEVICH — born March 9, 1934, near Gzhatsk, Russian S.F.S.R. died March 27, 1968, near Moscow Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 became …
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BYKOVSKY, VALERY — born Aug. 2, 1934, Pavlovsky Posad, Russia, U.S.S.R. in full Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky Soviet cosmonaut who orbited the Earth 81 …
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BELLINGSHAUSEN, FABIAN GOTTLIEB VON — born Aug. 18 [Aug. 9, Old Style], 1778, sel, Estonia, Russian Empire died Jan. 13 , 1852, Kronshtadt, Russia Russian …
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ANTARCTICA — fifth in size among the world's continents, lying concentrically about the South Pole, with a landmass almost wholly covered by …
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