On June 19, 1963, two Soviet spacecraft named Vostok 5 and Vostok 6 returned to Earth, ending a historic joint mission.
Vostok 6 was carrying cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who became the first woman in space during this mission. In the other capsule was cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky, who set the record for the longest solo spaceflight during the 4 day and 23 hour mission. Tereshkova only spent 2 days and 22 hours in space. When the two spacecraft landed in North Kazakhstan, they each touched down 2 degrees north of their target. To this day, no one knows for sure what caused them to miss. Huge crowds had gathered at the planned landing sites to greet the cosmonauts, but instead, Bykovksy was greeted by a group of farmers, and Tereshkova nearly splashed down into a lake with her parachute.
Vostok 6 was carrying cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who became the first woman in space during this mission. In the other capsule was cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky, who set the record for the longest solo spaceflight during the 4 day and 23 hour mission. Tereshkova only spent 2 days and 22 hours in space. When the two spacecraft landed in North Kazakhstan, they each touched down 2 degrees north of their target. To this day, no one knows for sure what caused them to miss. Huge crowds had gathered at the planned landing sites to greet the cosmonauts, but instead, Bykovksy was greeted by a group of farmers, and Tereshkova nearly splashed down into a lake with her parachute.
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00:00On this day in space.
00:03In 1963, two Soviet spacecraft named Vostok 5 and Vostok 6
00:08returned to Earth, ending a historic joint mission.
00:11Vostok 6 was carrying cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova,
00:14who became the first woman in space during this mission.
00:17In the other capsule was cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky,
00:20who set the record for the longest solo spaceflight
00:23during the four-day and 23-hour mission.
00:25Tereshkova only spent two days and 22 hours in space.
00:28When the two spacecraft landed in North Kazakhstan,
00:31they each touched down two degrees north of their target.
00:34To this day, no one knows for sure what caused them to miss.
00:37Huge crowds had gathered at the planned landing sites to greet the cosmonauts,
00:41but instead Bykovsky was greeted by a group of farmers,
00:44and Tereshkova nearly splashed down into a lake with her parachute.
00:47And that's what happened on this day in space.
00:50NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology