Vostok
First crewed Soviet capsule
Vostok is Russian for "east" and appears in several proper nouns.
The Vostok program was the Soviet space initiative that put the first human in orbit—Yuri Gagarin aboard Vostok 1 in 1961.
Lake Vostok is a vast subglacial lake beneath Antarctica, and Vostok Station above it is one of the coldest places on Earth.
The word occasionally appears in product names suggesting Russian origin or Cold War associations.
Water's solid form
- glacierSlow-moving ice mass
- research stationSite for scientific investigation
- South PoleSouthernmost point on Earth
- continentLarge connected landmass
penguin · seal · krill · iceberg · polar · blizzard · permafrost · subglacial
Enclosed dose container
- cosmonautRussian orbital traveler
- GagarinFirst human in orbit
- orbitCurved celestial path
- reentryComing back in
Sputnik · module · launch · satellite · rocket · propulsion · docking · Soyuz
Early sixties year
- GagarinFirst human in orbit
- space raceContest for orbital superiority
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- propagandaBiased information for influence
Khrushchev · cosmonaut · Sputnik · pioneering · achievement · USSR · triumph · secrecy
Journey to southernmost continent
- overwinteringEnduring the cold months
- ice stationRemote frozen-region facility
- traverseMove across an area
- supplyFurnish or stock
isolation · endurance · crew · base camp · polar exploration · logistics · survival · icebreaker
ice
Water's solid form
- glacierSlow-moving ice mass
- research stationSite for scientific investigation
- South PoleSouthernmost point on Earth
continent · penguin · seal · krill · iceberg · polar · blizzard · permafrost · subglacial · ice core
capsule
Enclosed dose container
reentry · Sputnik · module · launch · satellite · rocket · propulsion · docking · Soyuz · parachute
1961
Early sixties year
- GagarinFirst human in orbit
- space raceContest for orbital superiority
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
propaganda · Khrushchev · cosmonaut · Sputnik · pioneering · achievement · USSR · triumph · secrecy · Pravda
Antarctic expedition
Journey to southernmost continent
- overwinteringEnduring the cold months
- ice stationRemote frozen-region facility
- traverseMove across an area
supply · isolation · endurance · crew · base camp · polar exploration · logistics · survival · icebreaker · provisioning
VostokMercury
Messenger god or planet
Project Mercury · Apollo · Gemini · NASA · Cape Canaveral
east, eastern, easterly, eastward, eastwards, Easter, Eastertide