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1962 Vostok 3 & 4 Space Rockets Orbiting the Earth CCCP Pin Badge
1962 Vostok 3 & 4 Space Rockets Orbiting the Earth CCCP Pin Badge
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- This is a very pretty 1962 Vostok 3 and 4 pin badge celebrating the successful launch of the rockets. A silver coloured metal badge, the badge face is 2.4cm wide and has a clasp style fastener to the rear. Featuring the text VIII 1962 CCCP which is the launch date. ( 11th & 12th August 1962 )
- Vostok 3 and Vostok 4 were launched a day apart, and together these missions marked the first time that more than one manned spacecraft was in orbit at the same time, giving Soviet mission controllers the opportunity of learning how to manage this scenario.
The spacecraft came within 5 km of each other, well within sight of each other. Although the Vostok-capsules had no manoeuvring capability so they quickly drifted apart. Vostok 3 also conducted several scientific observations and furthered improved spacecraft to ground-control and inter spacecraft communication techniques.
Vostok 3 would also record the first ever colour film footage of the Earth from space.
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