Vostok 4
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| Mission Name: | Vostok 4 | |||
| Call Sign: | Беркут (Berkut - "Golden Eagle") | |||
| Number of Crew Members: | 1 | |||
| Launch: | August 12, 1962 08:02:33 UTC Baikonur LC1 | |||
| Landing: | August 15, 1962 06:59 UTC |- | Duration: | 2 days, 22 hours, 56 minutes |- | Number of Orbits: | 48 |} Vostok 4 was a mission in the Soviet space program. It was launched a day after Vostok 3 with cosmonaut Pavel Popovich on board - the first time that more than one manned spacecraft was in orbit at the same time. The two capsules came within 5 km of one another and ship-to-ship radio contact was established. The mission went largely as planned, despite a malfunction with the Vostok's life-support systems that meant that cabin temperature dropped down to 10 °C. The flight was terminated early, after a misunderstanding by ground control, who believed that Popovich had given them a code-word asking to be brought back ahead of schedule. The re-entry capsule is now on display at the NPO Zvezda Museum in Moscow, but it has been modified to represent the Voskhod 2 capsule. CrewBackup
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