| Flight | Launch Date | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Vostok 1 | 12 April 1961 | Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space; one orbit lasting 108 minutes. Gagarin never flew again, and died in a jet training accident in 1968. |
| Vostok 2 | 6 August 1961 | Gherman Titov orbited 17 times in 1 day 1º hours. He has never flown since. |
| Vostok 3 | 11 August 1962 | Andriyan Nikalayev completed 64 orbits in 3 days 22 hours. He came within 7º km (4Ω miles) of Vostok 4 (not a true rendezvous) in the first two-man mission. Nikalayev commanded the 17-day 17-hour Soyuz 9 flight in 1970. |
| Vostok 4 | 12 August 1962 | Pavel Popovich in joint flight with Vostok 3; 48 orbits in 2 days 23 hours. Popovich commanded Soyuz 14 in 1973. |
| Vostok 5 | 14 June 1963 | Valeri Bykovsky in duel flight with Vostok 6 completed 81 orbits in 4 days 23 hours. |
| Vostok 6 | 16 June 1963 | Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space and came within 5 km (3 miles) of Vostok 5. She completed 48 orbits in 2 days 23 hours. She married cosmonaut Nikalayev, but never flew again. |