\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH DATE: \<COLOUR 0> August 11, 1962
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH SITE: \<COLOUR 0> Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Central Asia
\<COLOUR 1> FLIGHT TIME: \<COLOUR 0> 3 days 22 hr 22 min
\<COLOUR 1> CREW: \<COLOUR 0> Andrian G Nikolayev
\<COLOUR 1> COUNTRY: \<COLOUR 0> USSR
\<COLOUR 1> HIGHLIGHTS: \<COLOUR 0> The first dual flight, with Vostok 4, launched a day later; at their closest, the two craft are only about 6 km apart; a 64-orbit flight.