Vostok

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Vostok (Russian: Восто́к, translated as "East") may refer to one of the following.

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.

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-type 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 (Minsk Metro), a station of Minsk Metro, Minsk, Belarus
• Vostok motorcycles, a motorcycle company.