Vostok
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Vostok (Russian: Восто́к, translated as "East") may refer to one of the following.
[edit] Spaceflight
- The Soviet Vostok programme of human spaceflight.
- The Vostok spacecraft used in that programme and also the basis of a reconnaissance satellite.
- The Vostok rocket, used to launch the Vostok spacecraft.
- Vostok, a crater explored by the Mars rover Opportunity.
[edit] Other meanings
- The corvette Vostok with which Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen explored Antarctica in 1820.
- Vostok Station is a Russian (originally Soviet) Antarctic research station.
- Lake Vostok beneath the Vostok base, which may provide conditions similar to those on icy Jovian moons, like Europa.
- Vostok Island in the Pacific Ocean.
- Vostok watches is a brand of watch, made in Chistopol, Tatarstan, Russia.
- Vostok, Primorsky Krai, an urban settlement in Krasnoarmeysky District of Primorsky Krai, Russia.
- Vostok, an Xbox-exclusive map to the game Counter-Strike.
- Valentina Vostok, a fictional character by DC Comics.
- Vostok metro station in Minsk, Belarus.
- Vostok, a motorcycle company.