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OCR: TWO CRAFT IN ORBIT THE THIRD AND FOURTH Vostok ORBITING TOGETHER spacecraft orbited the Earth Vostoks 3 and 4 were the together. Vostok 3, carrying Andryan first spacecraft to orbit Nikolayev, was launched on August the Earth simultaneously. 11, 1962, and Pavel Popovitch, in Vostok 3 Vostok 4, followed on August 12. in orbit Vostok 4 They stayed in orbit for 3 days and came as close as 6 km (31/2 miles) The Earth to each other. However, they were unable to maneuver; so any attempts to dock or rendezvous the craft were not possible. They transmitted the first TV signals from space, which showed the public what weightlessness was like.