AstronautAtlas
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Space programs and missions · A guided course
Learning whether people could live and work in orbit
Follow the first human orbital program from crew selection and test flights to Gagarin, Titov and Tereshkova. Examine how the capsule returned, what longer flights taught, and why paired flights were different from docking.
Suggested preparation is listed in the course · Start whenever you’re ready
Yuri Gagarin with Sergei P. Korolev and Kirill Moskalenko before Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961. This is a preflight scene, not a view of orbital operations. The display image is resized and compressed.
Mil.ru / RIA Novosti · Image sourceYour place in the bigger picture
Build on familiar ideas, then choose a direction to explore next. Every course remains open.
Look beyond the firsts to the programs, people, and choices.
The Vostok program
Learning whether people could live and work in orbit
Start whenever you’re ready. Preparation is suggested, and every course stays open.
New firsts, inherited hardware and difficult tradeoffs
One suggested order from the foundations to The Vostok program. Shared starting points appear once; skip anything you already know.
Then: The Vostok program →
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