Vostok 3

Vostok 3 was a mission in the Soviet space program.

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Vostok - Soviet space program

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Vostok 3 and Vostok 4 were launched a day apart, and together these missions were the first time that more than one manned spacecraft was in orbit at the same time, giving Soviet mission controllers the opportunity of learning how to manage this scenario.

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Vostok 4 - Soviet

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Vostok 3 was manned by Andrian Nikolayev, who reported sighting the Vostok 4 capsule after it entered orbit near him. The cosmonauts aboard the two capsules also communicated with each other via radio, the first ship-to-ship communications in space.

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Andrian Nikolayev - Cosmonaut

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A final "first" for Vostok 3 was Nikolayev's taking of colour movie footage of the Earth from orbit.

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