Meanings of voskhod in English

However the Voskhod 2 spacecraft that was to take him there was not.

The explosion caused Voskhod 2 to rotate, disorienting its two crewmen.

He spent only 12 minutes outside his Voskhod spacecraft but even so disaster almost struck.

After the cosmonauts resealed the hatch, Belyayev fired explosive bolts that separated Volga from Voskhod 2.

The airlock was necessary because Voskhod 2's electronics were air-cooled, so would overheat if its cramped cabin were depressurized.

On 18 March he was blasted into orbit in a two-man Voskhod capsule which he shared with his commander, Pavel Belyayev.

Image: TASS Leonov wore a white backpack containing enough oxygen for 45 minutes outside Voskhod 2.

Belyayev repressurized the airlock and opened the Voskhod 2 hatch so that Leonov could remove his backpack and return to his couch.

Following inflation - a process that lasted seven minutes - Volga extended 2.5 meters out from Voskhod 2's silvery hull.

In fact, it had come close to ending in disaster, though these near-catastrophes were not revealed until many years after the return of Voskhod 2.

At 0828 UTC, as the spacecraft neared the end of its first orbit, Leonov entered Volga and Belyayev sealed the Voskhod 2 hatch behind him.