Orbital and Suborbital launches
Deep Space Rendezvous Date (UTC)SpacecraftEventRemarks 20 February Ranger 8 Lunar impact Impacted Mare Tranquillitatis at 09:57:37, returned 7,137 images 24 March Ranger 9 Lunar impact Impacted Alphonsus Crater at 14:08:20, returned 5,814 images 12 May Luna 5 Lunar impact Failed lander, impacted at 19:10 11 June Luna 6 Lunar flyby Failed lander, closest approach: 15 July Mariner 4 Flyby of Mars Returned 21 images 20 July Zond 2 Flyby of Mars Communications system failed before flyby 6 August Zond 3 Lunar Flyby Returned 25 images 7 October Luna 7 Lunar impact Failed lander, impacted at 22:08 6 December Luna 8 Lunar impact Failed lander, impacted at 21:51:30
EVAs Start date/timeDurationEnd timeSpacecraftCrewRemarks18 March08:3408:47Voskhod 2First EVA in history. Leonov had difficulty fitting back into the spacecraft due to spacesuit stiffness in vacuum. He vented air from his spacesuit to bend back into the capsule.3 June19:4620 minutes20:06Gemini IV Ed WhiteFirst US EVA. White also had difficulty returning to the Gemini spacecraft. Although very fit, the effort left White exhausted.
Orbital launch statistics By country
Country Launches Successes Failures Partialfailures 1 1 0 0 53 46 7 0 70 61 8 1 World
By rocket Rocket Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks Atlas D 3 1 2 0 Suborbital component of one failed launch was successful Atlas LV-3A Agena-B 2 2 0 0 Retired Atlas LV-3A Agena-D 1 1 0 0 Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D 11 9 2 0 Atlas LV-3C Centaur-C 1 0 1 0 Retired Atlas LV-3C Centaur-D 1 1 0 0 Maiden flight Delta C 5 4 1 0 Delta D 1 1 0 0 Retired Delta E 2 2 0 0 Maiden flight Diamant A 1 1 0 0 Maiden flight Kosmos-1 63S3 6 6 0 0 Retired Kosmos-2I 63S1 7 4 3 0 Kosmos-2M 63S1M 3 3 0 0 Maiden flight Molniya 8K78 6 5 1 0 Retired Molniya-L 8K78L 1 0 1 0 Retired Molniya-M 8K78M 5 4 1 0 Saturn I 3 3 0 0 Retired Scout A 1 1 0 0 Maiden flight Scout B 1 1 0 0 Maiden flight Scout X-4 3 3 0 0 Retired Soyuz/Vostok 11A510 1 1 0 0 Maiden flight Thor DSV-2A Ablestar 3 3 0 0 Retired Thor LV-2D Burner-1 2 2 0 0 Maiden flight Thor LV-2D MG-18 2 2 0 0 Only flights Thor SLV-2 Agena-B 1 1 0 1 Retired Thor SLV-2 Agena-D 2 1 1 0 Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D 15 15 0 0 Titan II GLV 5 5 0 0 Also made one suborbital launch Titan IIIA 2 2 0 0 Retired Titan IIIC 3 1 1 1 Maiden flight Voskhod 11A57 12 12 0 0 Vostok-2 8A92 8 7 1 0 Vostok-2M 8A92M 2 2 0 0 UR-500 (Proton) 8K72 2 2 0 0 Maiden flight
By orbit Orbital regime Launches Achieved Not Achieved AccidentallyAchieved Remarks Low Earth 96 85 9 2 Medium Earth 7 6 1 0 High Earth 13 11 2 0 Including Highly elliptical and Molniya orbits Geosynchronous/transfer 3 1 2 1* * - One launch to geosynchronous orbit reached geosynchronous transfer orbit Heliocentric 5 4 1 0
References
U.S. Aeronautics and Space Report 1965
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