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Rocket Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks Atlas-Able United States 2: 0: 2: 0: Retired Atlas LV-3A Agena-A United States 3: 1: 2: 0: Maiden flight Juno II United States
First space rendezvous, with Gemini 7. 22 Neil Armstrong (1) David Scott (1) 16 March 1966 Gemini 8: 17 March 1966 Gemini 8: First docking in space in history with Agena Target Vehicle Planned EVA canceled due to early re-entry necessitated by stuck thruster. 23 Thomas P. Stafford (2) Eugene Cernan (1) 3 June 1966 Gemini 9A: 6 June 1966 Gemini 9A
This is a list of spaceflights launched between July and September 1960. For launches between January and June, see 1960 in spaceflight (January–June). For an overview of the whole year, see 1960 in spaceflight. [1] [2]
This is a list of spaceflights launched between October and December 1960. For launches between July and September, see 1960 in spaceflight (July–September). For an overview of the whole year, see 1960 in spaceflight. [1] [2]
25 September 1960 First rocket engine fired in space. USA (NASA) Pioneer P-30 [13] 31 January 1961: First hominidae in space (chimpanzee Ham). First tasks performed in space. USA (NASA) M-R 2: 12 February 1961: First launch from Earth orbit of upper stage into a heliocentric orbit. First mid-course corrections. First spin-stabilisation. USSR ...
SM-65E Atlas (1960-1995) Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle (1960–1961) Atlas LV-3B (1960–1963) ... Space Launch System (2022–present) RS1 (2023–present) Terran ...
First animals and plants returned alive from space (the dogs Belka and Strelka) First capsule recovered from orbit Korabl-Sputnik 2 (aka Sputnik 5) 1961 January 31 USA First great ape or Hominidae in space, Ham, a chimpanzee Mercury-Redstone 2: 1961 February 12 USSR First launch from Earth orbit of upper stage into a heliocentric orbit
The list for the year 2025 and for its subsequent years may contain planned launches, but the statistics will only include past launches. For the purpose of these lists, a spaceflight is defined as any flight that crosses the Kármán line , the FAI -recognized edge of space, which is 100 kilometres (62 miles) above mean sea level (AMSL) . [ 1 ]