The Vostok program (2)

• May 1960 test launch - retro fired in wrong direction

• July 1960 1K No. 1 crashed near launch site

• Aug 1960 1K No. 2 - dogs Belka and Strelka first living things recovered from orbit

• Dec 1960 1K No. 3 - destroyed in reentry

• Dec 1960 1K No. 4 - launch failure crashed in Siberia

• Mar 1961 3KA No. 1 - dog recovered safely after 1 orbit

• Mar 1961 3KA No. 2 - dog recovered safely after 1 orbit

• Apr 1961 3KA No. 3 - Yuri Gagarin's flight

• Aug 1961 - Jun 1963: Titov, Nikolaev, Popovich, Bykovsky, Tereshkova all fly successfully