Impressive 1:25 scale model of a Vostok 5 rocket made by S. P. Korolev of the Energia Rocket and Space Corporation. This model is constructed of fiberglass and metal, stands approximately 60" tall, and is set on an attractive black 12.5 x 12.5 base with descriptive plaque: "Vostok-5 Rocket, Cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky, June 14, 1963." The two-piece model separates at the second and third stage and is completed with the lower four boosters and upper adaptor and payload fairing, with the model featuring affixed "Восток" and USSR stickers. In fine condition.
Piloted by Valery Bykovsky, Vostok 5 launched on June 14, 1963, and returned to Earth on June 19th, a period of 4 days and 23 hours, which remains the record for the longest solo crewed flight in Earth orbit. Vostok 5 was part of a joint mission of the Soviet space program together with Vostok 6; like the previous pair of Vostok 3 and Vostok 4, the two Vostok spacecraft came close to one another in orbit and established a radio link. A robust, sensational model of the record-setting Vostok 5.
