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Vostok Summary
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The Vostok ("East") program grew out of Cold War competition in the 1950s and 1960s between the United States and the Soviet Union. Vostok's engineering and scientific goals were secondary to the political aim of putting a man into...
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Vostok
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Any of a series of six manned Soviet spacecraft launched from 1961 to 1963. Vostok 1 (1961) carried the first human (Yury A. Gagarin) into space. Vostok 3 set a new time record in space of 94 hours. Vostoks 5 and 6 were launched two days apart and...
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Vostok programme Information
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The Vostok programme (Восто́к, translated as "East") was a Soviet human spaceflight project that succeeded in putting a person into Earth orbit for the first time. The programme developed the Vostok spacecraft from the Zenit spy satellite project...


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The icing on the lake.(Lake Vostok, Antarctica)
11/01/2000: 3,420 words, approx. 11 pages
Lying four kilometres under the Antarctic ice, the pristine waters of Lake Vostok could contain hitherto unencountered life forms. But how to explore this lost world without contaminating it is a matter of fierce debate. STEPPING OUT OF A US Hercules plane...
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The Strangest Home on Earth.(research on Lake Vostok in Antarctica)
10/02/1999: 2,620 words, approx. 9 pages
Looking for frosty life in a lake under Antarctica A flight over the eastern portion of Antarctica crosses territory so monotonous it could lull an insomniac into unshakable slumber. For thousands of kilometers in all directions, a thick sheet of ice coats...
 


 

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