3 ROUBLES 2022 RUSSIA FIRST GROUP SPACEFLIGHT SILVER PROOF NGC PF70

Denomination    3 rubles
Quality    Proof
Metal, fineness    Silver 925/1000
Total weight, G    33,94 (± 0,31)
Fine metal
content not less than, G    31,10
Diameter, mm    39,00 (± 0,30)
Thickness, mm    3,30 (± 0,35)
Mintage, pcs    3000

Date of issue: 12/07/2022
Catalogue number: 5111-0466

Vostok (Russian: Восток, translated as "East") was a class of single-pilot crewed spacecraft built by the Soviet Union. The first human spaceflight was accomplished with Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961, by Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.

The Vostok programme made six crewed spaceflights from 1961 through 1963. This was followed in 1964 and 1965 by two flights of Vostok spacecraft modified for up to three pilots, identified as Voskhod. By the late 1960s, these were replaced with Soyuz spacecraft, which are still used as of 2022.

Vostok 1K

Prototype spacecraft. This was used in the Korabl-Sputnik 2 mission, in which the first animals were recovered from orbit.
Vostok 2K

Photo-reconnaissance and signals intelligence spacecraft. Later named Zenit spy satellite.

Vostok 3KA
The Vostok 3KA was the spacecraft used for the first human spaceflights. They were launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome using Vostok 8K72K launch vehicles. The first flight of a Vostok 3KA occurred on March 9, 1961. The first flight with a crew—Vostok 1 carrying Yuri Gagarin—took place on April 12, 1961. The last flight—Vostok 6 carrying the first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova—took place on June 16, 1963.