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Vostok launch vehicle
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Pavel Popovich on Vostok 4
Bykovsky, 1963
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Vostok 6
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Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Tereshkova
Soviet cosmonaut
Andriyan Nikolayev
Andriyan Nikolayev
Soviet cosmonaut
Bykovsky, 1963
Valery Bykovsky
Soviet cosmonaut
Yuri Gagarin and Sergei Korolev
Sergei Korolev
Soviet scientist
Gherman Stepanovich Titov
Soviet cosmonaut
Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet cosmonaut
Pavel Popovich on Vostok 4
Pavel Popovich
Soviet cosmonaut

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