Steven Dutch, Professor Emeritus, Natural and Applied Sciences, Universityof Wisconsin - Green Bay
Vostok 1 | Apr 12, 1961 | Gagarin, Yuri A. | First human in space, orbital flight |
Mercury 3 | May 5, 1961 | Shepard, Alan B. | First American in space; suborbital flight |
Mercury 4 | Jul 21, 1961 | Grissom, Virgil I. | Capsule sank: recovered in 1998 |
Vostok 2 | Aug 6, 1961 | Titov, Gherman S. | First human in space for over 24 hours |
Mercury 6 | Feb 20, 1962 | Glenn, John H. | First American in earth orbit |
Mercury 7 | May 24, 1962 | Carpenter, M. Scott | First meal eaten in space; missed landing site by 250 miles |
X-15 | July 17, 1962 | White | Satisfies 50-mile altitude definition of space flight (59.61 miles or 95.9 km) but not later 100-km definition. |
Vostok 3 | Aug 11, 1962 | Nikolayev, Andriyan G. | First joint mission (Vostok 4) |
Vostok 4 | Aug 12, 1962 | Popovich, Pavel R. | Came within 4 miles of Vostok 3 |
Mercury 8 | Oct 3, 1962 | Schirra, Walter M. | First splashdown in Pacific Ocean |
Mercury 9 | May 15, 1963 | Cooper, L. Gordon | First U.S. flight to exceed 24 hours |
Vostok 5 | Jun 14, 1963 | Bykovsky, Valery F. | Second joint mission (Vostok 6) |
Vostok 6 | Jun 16, 1963 | Tereshkova, Valentina V. | First woman in space |
X-15 | July 17, 1963 | Walker | Reached 65.88 miles (105.9 km), satisfies 100-km definition of spaceflight. |
X-15 | July 19, 1963 | Walker | Reached 67.08 miles (107.9 km), satisfies 100-km definition of spaceflight. |
Voskhod 1 | Oct 12, 1964 | Komarov, Vladimir M. Feoktistov, Konstantin P. Yegorov, Boris B. | First 3-person mission |
Voskhod 2 | Mar 18, 1965 | Belyaev, Pavel I. Leonov, Alexei A. | First extravehicular activity by Leonov (20 minutes) |
Gemini 3 | Mar 23, 1965 | Grissom, Virgil I. Young, John W. | First U.S. 2 person crew; first manual maneuvering |
Gemini IV | Jun 3, 1965 | McDivitt, James A. White, Edward H. | First U.S. EVA by White (22 minutes) |
Gemini V | Aug 21, 1965 | Cooper, L. Gordon Conrad, Charles | 8 day flight |
Gemini VII | Dec 4, 1965 | Borman, Frank Lovell, James A. | 14-day flight; rendezvous with Gemini VI |
Gemini VI | Dec 15, 1965 | Schirra, Walter M. Stafford, Thomas P. | Came within 12 inches of Gemini VII |
Gemini VIII | Mar 16, 1966 | Armstrong, Neil A. Scott, David R. | First docking (with Agena target vehicle) |
Gemini IX | Jun 3, 1966 | Stafford, Thomas P. Cernan, Eugene A. | 2-hour space walk; most accurate splashdown |
Gemini X | Jul 18, 1966 | Young, John W. Collins, Michael | First dual rendezvous (with Agena 10, then Agena 8) |
Gemini XI | Sep 12, 1966 | Conrad, Charles Gordon, Richard F. | Highest altitude of 850 miles; first tethered flight |
Gemini XII | Nov 11, 1966 | Lovell, James A. Aldrin, Edwin E. | 5-hour EVA by Aldrin |
Apollo 1 | Jan 27, 1967 | Grissom, Virgil "Gus" White, Edward H. Chaffee, Roger | Crew died in fire while in pre-flight test |
Soyuz 1 | Apr 23, 1967 | Komarov, Vladimir M. | Cosmonaut dies during reentry |
Apollo 7 | Oct 11, 1968 | Schirra, Walter M. Eisele, Donn F. Cunningham, R. Walter | First live TV broadcast from space |
Soyuz 3 | Oct 26, 1968 | Beregovoy, Georgiy T. | Maneuvered near unpiloted Soyuz 2 |
Apollo 8 | Dec 21, 1968 | Borman, Frank Lovell, James A. Anders, William A. | First humans to orbit the Moon; new speed record of 24,200 mph |
Soyuz 4 | Jan 14, 1969 | Shatalov, Vladimir A. | Docked with Soyuz 5; received 2 cosmonauts |
Soyuz 5 | Jan 15, 1969 | Volynov, Boris V. Yeliseyev, Alexey S. landed with Soyuz 4 Khrunov, Yevgeny V. landed with Soyuz 4 | Transferred 2 cosmonauts to Soyuz 4: first mission in which passengers returned on a different spacecraft |
Apollo 9 | Mar 3, 1969 | McDivitt, James A. Scott, David R. Schweickart, Russell L. | First flight test of lunar module in earth orbit |
Apollo 10 | May 18, 1969 | Stafford, Thomas P. Young, John W. Cernan, Eugene A. | Test lunar module in lunar orbit 8.9 miles from lunar surface |
Apollo 11 | July 16, 1969 | Armstrong, Neil A. Collins, Michael Aldrin, Edwin E. | First human landing on the Moon |
Soyuz 6 | Oct 11, 1969 | Shonin, Georgiy S. Kubasov, Valery N. | Joint mission with Soyuz 7 and 8 without docking: first three-spacecraft mission |
Soyuz 7 | Oct 12, 1969 | Filipchenko, Anatoly V. Volkov, Vladislav N. Gorbatko, Viktor V. | Joint mission with Soyuz 6 and 8 without docking: first three-spacecraft mission |
Soyuz 8 | Oct 13, 1969 | Shatalov, Vladimir A. Yeliseyev, Alexey S. | Joint mission with Soyuz 6 and 7 without docking: first three-spacecraft mission |
Apollo 12 | Nov 14, 1969 | Conrad, Charles Gordon, Richard F. Bean, Alan L. | Retrieval of pieces of Surveyor 3 |
Apollo 13 | Apr 11, 1970 | Lovell, James A. Swigert, John L. Haise, Fred W. | Deep space abort due to explosion in service module |
Soyuz 9 | Jun 1, 1970 | Nikolayev, Andriyan G. Sevast'yanov, Vitaly I. | Endurance record of 18 days in space |
Apollo 14 | Jan 31, 1971 | Shepard, Alan B. Roosa, Stuart A. Mitchell, Edgar D. | Third lunar landing |
Soyuz 10 | Apr 22, 1971 | Shatalov, Vladimir A. Yeliseyev, Alexey S. Rukavishnikov, Nikolay N. | Docked with Salyut space station |
Soyuz 11 | Jun 6, 1971 | Dobrovol'sky, Georgiy T. Volkov, Vladislav N. Patsayev, Viktor I. | Crew spent 22 days aboard Salyut; crew died on reentry when capsule depressurized |
Apollo 15 | Jul 26, 1971 | Scott, David R. Worden, Alfred M. Irwin, James B. | First use of lunar rover |
Apollo 16 | Apr 16, 1972 | Young, John W. Mattingly, Thomas K. Duke, Charles M. | Highest elevation for a lunar landing at 25,688 feet |
Apollo 17 | Dec 7, 1972 | Cernan, Eugene A. Evans, Ronald E. Schmitt, Harrison H. | Final Apollo lunar mission; nearly 75 hours on lunar surface |
Skylab 2 | May 25, 1973 | Conrad, Charles Weitz, Paul J. Kerwin, Joseph P. | Docked with Skylab space station for 28 days |
Skylab 3 | Jul 28, 1973 | Bean, Alan L. Lousma, Jack R. Garriott, Owen K. | Docked for over 59 days |
Soyuz 12 | Sep 27, 1973 | Lazarev, Vasily A. Makarov, Oleg G. | Test of new Soyuz spacecraft |
Skylab 4 | Nov 16, 1973 | Carr, Gerald P. Pogue, William R. Gibson, Edward G. | Last Skylab mission; U.S. space record of 84 days |
Soyuz 13 | Dec 18, 1973 | Klimuk, Pyotr I. Lebedev, Valentin V. |
Soyuz 14 | Jul 3, 1974 | Popovich, Pavel R. Artyukhin, Yuri P. | Docked with Salyut 3 |
Soyuz 15 | Aug 26, 1974 | Sarafanov, Gennady V. Dyomin, Lev S. | Rendezvoused with Salyut 3; did not dock |
Soyuz 16 | Dec 2, 1974 | Filipchenko, Anatoly V. Rukavishnikov, Nikolay N. | Testing for Apollo-Soyuz project |
Soyuz 17 | 1975-01-10 1975-02-09 | Gubarev, Alexei A. Grechko, Georgiy M. | Docked with Salyut 4; boarded |
Soyuz 18A | 1975-04-05 1975-04-05 | Lazarev, Vasily A. Makarov, Oleg G. | Docked with Salyut 4; boarded |
Soyuz 18B | 1975-05-24 1975-07-26 | Klimuk, Pyotr I. Sevast'yanov, Vitaly I. | Docked with Salyut 4; boarded |
Soyuz 19 | 1975-07-15 1975-07-21 | Leonov, Alexei A. Kubasov, Valery N. | Apollo-Soyuz Project; first U.S.-U.S.S.R. joint mission |
ASTP | 1975-07-15 1975-07-24 | Stafford, Thomas P. Brand, Vance D. Slayton, Donald K. | Apollo-Soyuz Project; first U.S.-U.S.S.R. joint mission |
Soyuz 21 | Jul 6, 1976 | Volynov, Boris V. Zholobov, Vitaly M. | Docked with Salyut 5; boarded |
Soyuz 22 | Sep 15, 1976 | Bykovsky, Valery F. Aksyonov, Vladimir V. | Conducted earth resources study |
Soyuz 23 | Oct 14, 1976 | Zudov, Vyacheslav D. Rozhdestvensky, Valery I. | Unsuccessful docking with Salyut 5 |
Soyuz 24 | 1977-02-07 1977-02-25 | Gorbatko, Viktor V. Glazkov, Yuri N. | Docked with Salyut 5; boarded |
Soyuz 25 | 1977-10-09 1977-10-11 | Kovalyonok, Vladimir V. Ryumin, Valery V. | Unsuccessful docking with Salyut 6 |
Soyuz 26 | 1977-12-10 1978-01-16 | Romanenko, Yuri V. landed with Soyuz 27 Grechko, Georgiy M. landed with Soyuz 27 | Crew spent 96 days aboard Salyut 6; returned in Soyuz 27 |
Soyuz 27 | Jan 10, 1978 | Dzhanibekov, Vladimir A. landed with Soyuz 26 Makarov, Oleg G. landed with Soyuz 26 | Crew returned in Soyuz 26 after 6 days on Salyut |
Soyuz 28 | Mar 2, 1978 | Gubarev, Alexei A. Remek, Vladimír | Docked with Salyut 6; Remek (Czech) first space traveler not from U.S or U.S.S.R. |
Soyuz 29 | Jun 15, 1978 | Kovalyonok, Vladimir V. landed with Soyuz 31 Ivanchenkov, Aleksandr S. landed with Soyuz 31 | Crew spent 139 days aboard Salyut 6; returned in Soyuz 31 |
Soyuz 30 | Jun 27, 1978 | Klimuk, Pyotr I.Hermaszewski, Miroslaw | Docked with Salyut 6; stayed 7 days. Hermaszewski first Polish space traveller. |
Soyuz 31 | Aug 26, 1978 1978-11-02 | Bykovsky, Valery F. landed with Soyuz 29 Jähn, Sigmund landed with Soyuz 29 | Crew spent 8 days on Salyut 6; returned in Soyuz 29. Jaehn first East German space traveller. |
Soyuz 32 | 1979-02-25 1979-06-13 | Lyakhov, Vladimir A. landed with Soyuz 34 Ryumin, Valery V. landed with Soyuz 34 | Crew spent 175 days on Salyut 6; returned in Soyuz 34 |
Soyuz 33 | 1979-04-10 1979-04-12 | Rukavishnikov, Nikolay N.Ivanov, Georgi | Unsuccessful docking with Salyut 6 |
Soyuz 34 | 1979-06-06 1979-08-19 | Launched unmanned | Returned Soyuz 32 crew |
Soyuz 35 | Apr 9, 1980 | Popov, Leonid I. landed with Soyuz 37 Ryumin, Valery V. landed with Soyuz 37 | Crew spent 185 days on Salyut 6; returned on Soyuz 37 |
Soyuz 36 | May 26, 1980 | Kubasov, Valery N. landed with Soyuz 35 Farkas, Bertalan landed with Soyuz 35 | Docked with Salyut 6; returned on Soyuz 35 |
Soyuz T-2 | Jun 5, 1980 | Malyshev, Yuri V. Aksyonov, Vladimir V. | First piloted test of new Soyuz T |
Soyuz 37 | Jul 23, 1980 | Gorbatko, Viktor V. landed with Soyuz 36 Pham Tuân landed with Soyuz 36 | Pham first Vietnamese cosmonaut |
Soyuz 38 | Sep 18, 1980 | Romanenko, Yuri V. Tamayo Méndez, Arnaldo | Tamayo-Mendez first black cosmonaut, and first from Cuba |
Soyuz T-3 | Nov 27, 1980 | Kizim, Leonid D. Makarov, Oleg G. Strekalov, Gennady M. | First Soviet crew of 3 since 1971 |
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