Vostok 6, the final crewed Vostok mission, carrying cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova—the first woman to fly in space. Vostok-K from Baikonur lofted her into LEO for nearly three days, flying jointly with Bykovsky on Vostok 5.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4.7 T
- Flight
- 11th
- of 13 Vostok-K flights
- Date and time
- 16 June 1963, 09:29 UTC
- Rocket
- Vostok-K
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Human Exploration
- International designator
- 1963-023
- Launches in 1963
- 32nd of 69
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