Soviet Space Program

Mission Timeline Visualizer

Explore the detailed timelines of historic Soviet space missions, from launch to completion.

Mission Events

  1. 19:28:34

    Launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome

  2. 19:31:00

    First stage separation

  3. 19:32:30

    Second stage separation

  4. 19:34:00

    Orbital insertion

  5. 19:34:30

    First signals received on Earth

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Mission Details

  • Launch Date: October 4, 1957
  • Mission Duration: 3 months
  • Total Events: 5
Bring the Space Age home

Original Soviet-style space posters on archival giclée matte paper. Free worldwide shipping.

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Soviet space propaganda poster in the visual idiom of 1958-1963. A rocket rises from a stylized launch pad/factory complex into a starfield. The Cyrillic slogan СОЦИАЛИЗМ — НАША СТАРТОВАЯ ПЛОЩАДКА (Socialism Is Our Launching Pad) frames the composition. Red, gold, and ivory palette.
Socialism Is Our Launching Pad
1958-1963 - golden age of Soviet space posters
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Portrait Soviet-style space poster. A young model builder holds a red rocket bearing two space-dog portraits and a hammer-and-sickle emblem. White orbital trails sweep around a pale globe against a cobalt starfield. Cyrillic text at the bottom reads ЧЕЛОВЕКУ ПУТЬ ОТКРЫТ! (The Way Is Open for Man).
The Way Is Open for Man!
1960-1961, the path to human spaceflight
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Portrait Soviet-style space poster. A welder carrying a mask and torch walks through a night factory while other workers weld below and a rocket rises through a deep blue starfield. Cream Cyrillic text reads РАДУЮСЬ Я, with the remaining slogan set in blue across the cream footer.
I Am Happy: My Labor Joins the Labor of My Republic
1958-1963, workers of the space age
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