1963 in spaceflight

[edit] Launches

This is a list of spaceflights launched in 1963.

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Launch Date/Time	Rocket	Launch Site	Launch Contractor	Payload	Operator	Orbit	Mission/ Function	Re-Entry/ Destruction	Outcome	Remarks
April 25 20:11 GMT	Saturn I (C1)	LC-34, Cape Canaveral	NASA	(none)	N/A	N/A	Test Launch vehicle's Engine out capability.	N/A	Successful
May 15 13:04 GMT	Atlas D	LC-14, Cape Canaveral	US Air Force	Mercury-Atlas 9 1 Astronaut (Gordon Cooper)	NASA	LEO	Manned Orbital Flight	May 16, 1963	Successful	Final Mercury flight
June 14 11:58 GMT	R-7 8K72K (Vostok/A-1)	LC-1, Baikonur	RVSN	Vostok 5, 1 Cosmonaut (Valery Bykovsky)	RVSN	LEO	Manned Orbital Flight	June 19, 1963	Successful
June 15 09:29 GMT	R-7 8K72K (Vostok/A-1)	LC-1, Baikonur	RVSN	Vostok 6, 1 Cosmonaut (Valentina Tereshkova)	RVSN	LEO	Manned Orbital Flight	June 19, 1963	Successful	First woman in space. Final Vostok flight.
July 19 18:20 GMT	North American X-15	B-52, Edwards AFB	US Air Force	Flight 90 1 Astronaut (Joseph A. Walker)	US Air Force/NASA	Sub-orbital	Manned Spaceflight	July 19, 1963 18:31 GMT	Successful	First X-15 flight to qualify as spaceflight
August 23 18:05 GMT	North American X-15	B-52, Edwards AFB	US Air Force	Flight 91 1 Astronaut (Joseph A. Walker)	US Air Force/NASA	Sub-orbital	Manned Spaceflight	August 23, 1963 18:17 GMT	Successful	Second and last X-15 flight to qualify as spaceflight. First instance of a single spacecraft making two flights