Vostok
Vostok (Russian: Восток, translated as "East") may refer to:
Spaceflight The Soviet Vostok programme of human spaceflight The spacecraft used in that programme and also the basis of a reconnaissance satellite The rocket, used to launch the Vostok spacecraft
Also The corvette Vostok with which Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen explored Antarctica in 1820 A Soviet Antarctic base Lake_Vostok beneath Vostok base, which also seems destined to play a part in the space exploration, given theories that it provides conditions similiar to those on icy Jovian moons, primarily on Europa. Dalny Vostok -- the Russian language phrase which names the Russian Far East. Vostok Island in the Pacific Ocean
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