Vostok
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Vostok may refer to one of the following.
Spaceflight
Other meanings
Spaceflight
- The Soviet Vostok programmeVostok programmeThe Vostok programme was a Soviet human spaceflight project that succeeded in putting a person into Earth's orbit for the first time. The programme developed the Vostok spacecraft from the Zenit spy satellite project and adapted the Vostok rocket from an existing ICBM design...
of human spaceflight. - The Vostok spacecraftVostok spacecraftThe Vostok was a type of spacecraft built by the Soviet Union. The first human spaceflight in history was accomplished on this spacecraft on April 12, 1961, by Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin....
used in that programme and also the basis of a reconnaissance satellite. - The Vostok rocketVostok rocketVostok was a family of rockets derived from the Soviet R-7 Semyorka ICBM designed for the human spaceflight programme. This family of rockets launched the first artificial satellite and the first manned spacecraft in human history...
, used to launch the Vostok spacecraft. - VostokVostok (crater)Vostok is a crater on Mars that was reached by the rover Opportunity on sol 399 . Vostok is located roughly 1200 meters south of Endurance in Meridiani Planum...
, a crater explored by the Mars roverMars Exploration RoverNASA's Mars Exploration Rover Mission is an ongoing robotic space mission involving two rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, exploring the planet Mars...
OpportunityOpportunity roverOpportunity, MER-B , is a robotic rover on the planet Mars, active since 2004. It is the remaining rover in NASA's ongoing Mars Exploration Rover Mission...
. - Vostok 1Vostok 1Vostok 1 was the first spaceflight in the Vostok program and the first human spaceflight in history. The Vostok 3KA spacecraft was launched on April 12, 1961. The flight took Yuri Gagarin, a cosmonaut from the Soviet Union, into space. The flight marked the first time that a human entered outer...
the first human spaceflight.
Other meanings
- Vostok IslandVostok IslandVostok Island also known as Staver Island, is an uninhabited coral island in the central Pacific Ocean, part of the Line Islands belonging to Kiribati...
, located in the south of Kiribati's Line Islands - The corvette Vostok with which Fabian Gottlieb von BellingshausenFabian Gottlieb von BellingshausenFabian Gottlieb Thaddeus von Bellingshausen was an officer in the Imperial Russian Navy, cartographer and explorer, who ultimately rose to the rank of Admiral...
explored Antarctica in 1820. - Vostok StationVostok StationVostok Station was a Russian Antarctic research station. It was at the southern Pole of Cold, with the lowest reliably measured natural temperature on Earth of −89.2 °C . Research includes ice core drilling and magnetometry...
is a Russian (originally Soviet) Antarctic research station. - Lake VostokLake VostokLake Vostok is the largest of more than 140 subglacial lakes found under the surface of Antarctica. The overlying ice provides a continuous paleoclimatic record of 400,000 years, although the lake water itself may have been isolated for 15 to 25 million years. The lake is named after the...
, a subglacial lake in Antarctica, located beneath Vostok Station. - Vostok traverseVostok traverseThe Vostok traverse was an epic 3000 kilometre four month trip across Antarctica undertaken by ANARE the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition in 1962. Using two bright red painted 1943 World War II M29 Weasel tracked vehicles and two 1950 D4 Caterpillar Inc...
, a 1962 Australian expedition across Antarctica. - Vostok watchesVostok watchesVostok Watch Makers, Inc. produces mainly rugged military and diver mechanical watches at its factory in Chistopol, Tatarstan, Russia...
is a brand of watch, made in Chistopol, Tatarstan, Russia. - Vostok, Primorsky KraiVostok, Primorsky KraiVostok is an urban locality in Krasnoarmeysky District of Primorsky Krai, Russia, located east from Novopokrovka. Population:...
, an urban-type settlement in Krasnoarmeysky DistrictKrasnoarmeysky District, Primorsky KraiKrasnoarmeysky District is an administrative and municipal district of Primorsky Krai, Russia; one of the twenty-two in the krai. It is located in the central portion of the krai and borders with Pozharsky District in the northwest and north, Terneysky District in the east, the territory of the...
of Primorsky Krai, Russia. - Vostok BayVostok BayVostok Bay is a small bay in Sea of Japan to the west of Trudny Peninsula. It's a part of Peter the Great Gulf.Bay is a shallow but its fauna is rich...
, bay in south Primorsky Krai, Russia. - Vostok, an Xbox-exclusive map to the game Counter-StrikeCounter-StrikeCounter-Strike is a tactical first-person shooter video game developed by Valve Corporation which originated from a Half-Life modification by Minh "Gooseman" Le and Jess "Cliffe" Cliffe...
. - Valentina VostokValentina VostokValentina Vostok is a fictional character by DC Comics. She first appeared in Showcase #94, , and was created by Paul Kupperberg and Jim Aparo.-Fictional character biography:...
, a fictional character by DC Comics. - Vostok (Minsk Metro)Vostok (Minsk Metro)Vostok is a Minsk Metro station. Opened on December 30, 1986.The station's name not only implies its geographical location, as it was the easternmost station of Minsk metro for more than 20 years, but also its connotation with the Vostok space programme that ultimately led to the first manned...
, a station of Minsk MetroMinsk MetroThe Minsk Metro is a rapid-transit system that serves Minsk, the capital of Belarus. Opened in 1984, it presently consists of 2 lines and 25 stations totaling 30.3 kilometres...
, Minsk, Belarus - Vostok motorcycles, a motorcycle company.
- Vostok GasVostok GasVostok Gas Ltd is an investment company mainly focused on oil and gas from the former Soviet Union. The company was founded in 1996 and has its headquarters in Bermuda. Almost all Vostok Gas's holdings are American Depositary Receipts in Russia's Gazprom, which makes the company owner of...
, a Bermuda-based oil and gas investment company. - FC VostokFC VostokFC Vostok is a Kazakh football club from Oskemen , a founding member of the Kazakhstan Premier League since 1992. The club's biggest achieved position in the league is the 5th place in 1997 and 1998...
, a KazakhstanKazakhstanKazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
i football club. - Special Battalion VostokSpecial Battalions Vostok and ZapadSpecial Battalions Vostok and Zapad were two Spetznaz units of Russian military intelligence based in Chechnya. The overwhelming majority of personnel were ethnic Chechens, while the command personnel were mixed Russian and Chechens....
, infamous Russian military unit.