* Astronomy

The flight of the Voskhod 1 (Ascent 1 or Dawn 1) was the first space flight to carry more than one crewman into outer space, the first space flight without the use of spacesuits, and the first to carry either an engineer or a physician into outer space. The flight of the Voskhod 1 also set a manned spacecraft altitude record of 336 km. This Soviet mission was specifically planned to beat the American Gemini program to the milestone of carrying a multiman crew into outer space. As a further propaganda coup, this space capsule was said to have carried a fragment of a communard banner from the Paris Commune of 1871 into orbit.
Launch date:     12 October 1964
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