swap_horiz Vostok 3 Alternatives

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Sputnik 1

A polished metal sphere fitted with radio transmitters and projecting antennas, Sputnik 1 became the world's first artif...

Cold War Satellite Soviet First

9.20 Excellent

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Explorer 1

Explorer 1 became the first United States satellite successfully placed in Earth orbit in 1958. Built by the Jet Propuls...

Cold War Satellite Nasa Earth Orbit

9.20 Excellent

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Telstar 1

Developed by AT&T's Bell Laboratories and launched by NASA in 1962, Telstar 1 was an early American communications satel...

Cold War Att Satellite Communications

9.20 Excellent

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Vostok 6

Vostok 6 carried Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova into Earth orbit on June 16, 1963, making her the first woman to...

Cold War Soviet First Woman Crewed

9.20 Excellent

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Mercury Friendship 7

Friendship 7 was the single-seat Mercury capsule that carried John Glenn on February 20, 1962. During the Mercury-Atlas...

Cold War Nasa First Us Orbit Crewed

9.20 Excellent

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Apollo Lunar Module

Built by Grumman for NASA's Apollo program, the Lunar Module was a specialized spacecraft for landing astronauts on the...

Cold War Nasa Moon Crewed

9.20 Excellent

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Gemini 12

Gemini 12 was a 1966 crewed spaceflight and the final mission of NASA's Project Gemini. Launched in November 1966, the s...

Cold War Nasa Crewed Earth Orbit

8.55 Great

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Soyuz-TM

Soyuz-TM is a crewed spacecraft developed by the Soviet Union as an upgrade to the earlier Soyuz-T model. Introduced in...

Soviet Transport Crewed Earth Orbit

8.55 Great

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Soyuz-T

The Soyuz-T was a Soviet crewed spacecraft developed as an modernization of the earlier Soyuz model, conducting its init...

Cold War Soviet Transport Crewed

8.20 Great

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Vostok 2

Vostok 2 was a Soviet crewed spaceflight launched on August 6, 1961, carrying cosmonaut Gherman Titov. The mission made...

Cold War Endurance Soviet Crewed

8.15 Great

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Sputnik 2

Sputnik 2 was the second spacecraft launched into Earth orbit by the Soviet Union, lifting off on November 3, 1957. The...

Cold War Satellite Soviet Earth Orbit

8.10 Great

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Gemini 3

Gemini 3 was the first crewed mission of NASA's Project Gemini, successfully launching on March 23, 1965. The two-person...

Cold War Two Person Nasa Crewed

8.00 Great

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Vostok 5

Vostok 5 was a Soviet crewed spacecraft launched on June 14, 1963, carrying cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky. It flew concurren...

Cold War Endurance Soviet Crewed

7.85 Good

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Vostok 4

Vostok 4 was a Soviet crewed spacecraft launched on August 12, 1962, from Baikonur Cosmodrome, carrying cosmonaut Pavel...

Cold War Soviet Crewed Earth Orbit

7.70 Good

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Soyuz 7K-OK

The Soyuz 7K-OK was the first generation of the Soviet Soyuz crewed spacecraft, conducting its initial crewed orbital fl...

Cold War Soviet Transport Crewed

7.60 Good

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Buran

Buran was a Soviet reusable spaceplane developed as a counterpart to the United States Space Shuttle program. It complet...

Reusable Soviet Shuttle Crewed

7.55 Good

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Salyut 4

Salyut 4 was a Soviet civilian space station launched on December 26, 1974, into low Earth orbit as part of the long-run...

Cold War Science Soviet Space Station

7.25 Good

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Sputnik 3

Sputnik 3 was a Soviet scientific satellite launched into low Earth orbit on May 15, 1958. The conical, unmanned spacecr...

Cold War Science Satellite Soviet

7.20 Good

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Salyut 5

Salyut 5 was a Soviet space station launched on 22 June 1976 as the third and final Almaz military station to reach orbi...

Military Cold War Soviet Space Station

6.55 Fair

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Salyut 3

Salyut 3 was a Soviet military space station launched on 25 June 1974 as part of the Almaz program. It was operated unde...

Military Cold War Soviet Space Station

6.35 Fair