Voskhod programme
The
Voskhod programme (Восход, translated as
"Sunrise") was a
Soviet manned space flight project. It was a development of and a follow-on to the
Vostok programme.
Achieving the first EVA ("spacewalk") was the main purpose of the programme, but beating the US Gemini program to put the first multi-person crew in orbit also became an important objective. Both were realised and the programme was then abandoned to concentrate on the Soyuz programme with the ultimate (unrealised) objective of putting a Soviet cosmonaut on the Moon as well as due to the EVA problems on Voskhod 2.
The Voskhod flights were:
- Cosmos 47 unmanned test flight of the Voskhod hardware
- Voskhod 1 first space flight with more than one person on board
- Cosmos 57 unmanned test flight, unsuccessful
- Voskhod 2 first EVA ("spacewalk")
Planned but cancelled flights were
- Voskhod 3 19 day mission to study long term weighlessness
- Voskhod 4 20 day mission to study long term weighlessness
- Voskhod 5 10 day all female crew
- Voskhod 6 flight to test new EVA jet belt