Vostok

The Vostok was a type of spacecraft built by the Soviet Union's space program for manned space flight.

The craft consisted of a spherical descent module (mass 2.46 tonnes, diameter 2.3 meters), which housed the cosmonaut, instruments and escape system, and a conical instrument module (mass 2.27 tonnes, 2.25 m long, 2.43 m wide), which contained propellant and the engine system. On reentry, the cosmonaut would eject from the craft at about 7km and descend via parachute, while the capsule would land separately.

Vostok 1 was the first manned spaceflight.

The Vostok was followed by the Voskhod spacecraft.