Soviet Union fires third Cosmonaut into space 50 years ago this hour (1962)

1960s, space exploration


Video: '1962: Vostok 3 and 4 (USSR)'

(Saturday, August 11, 1962, 4:24 a.m. EDT) — Andrian Nikolayev today became the Soviet Union’s third cosmonaut to fly in space as Vostok 3 lifted off from Gagarin’s Start at Baikonur Cosmodrome at atop a Vostok 8K72K rocket.