This is a detailed listing of human spaceflights from 1961 to 1970, spanning the Soviet Vostok and Voskhod programs, the start of the Soviet Soyuz program, the American Mercury and Gemini programs, and the first lunar landings of the American Apollo program.
# | Crew | Launch Spacecraft |
Habitation | Return Spacecraft |
Brief Mission Summary | |
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1 | Yuri Gagarin | 12 April 1961 Vostok 1 |
First manned spaceflight. Completed one earth orbit. | |||
2 | Alan B. Shepard | 5 May 1961 Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7) |
First American manned suborbital spaceflight (altitude 187 kilometres, 116 miles). | |||
3 | Virgil I. Grissom | 21 July 1961 Mercury-Redstone 4 (Liberty Bell 7) |
Second American manned suborbital flight (altitude 118.26 mi, 190 km). | |||
4 | Gherman Titov | 6 August 1961 Vostok 2 |
7 August 1961 Vostok 2 |
Day-long flight. Completed 17 earth orbits. Brief manual control by pilot. | ||
5 | John H. Glenn | 20 February 1962 Mercury-Atlas 6 (Friendship 7) |
First American manned orbital flight. Completed 3 orbits. | |||
6 | M. Scott Carpenter | 24 May 1962 Mercury-Atlas 7 (Aurora 7) |
First manual retrofire. Earth photography and study of liquids in weightless conditions. | |||
7 | Andrian Nikolayev | 11 August 1962 Vostok 3 |
15 August 1962 Vostok 3 |
First instance of two manned spacecraft in orbit simultaneously. | ||
8 | Pavel Popovich | 12 August 1962 Vostok 4 |
15 August 1962 Vostok 4 |
First instance of two manned spacecraft in orbit simultaneously. | ||
9 | Walter M. Schirra | 3 October 1962 Mercury-Atlas 8 (Sigma 7) |
First flawless Mercury mission. | |||
10 | L. Gordon Cooper | 15 May 1963 Mercury-Atlas 9 (Faith 7) |
16 May 1963 Mercury-Atlas 9 (Faith 7) |
First live TV from U.S. astronaut. | ||
11 | Valery Bykovsky | 14 June 1963 Vostok 5 |
19 June 1963 Vostok 5 |
Longest solo spaceflight. | ||
12 | Valentina Tereshkova | 16 June 1963 Vostok 6 |
19 June 1963 Vostok 6 |
First woman in space. | ||
13 | Joseph A. Walker | 19 July 1963 Flight 90, X-15 |
First winged craft in space. Reached altitude of 106 km. | |||
14 | Joseph A. Walker | 22 August 1963 Flight 91, X-15 |
Reached altitude of 108 km. Walker becomes first person to fly into space twice. X-15 #3 (serial 56-6672) becomes first vehicle to fly into space twice. | |||
15 | Vladimir Komarov Konstantin Feoktistov Boris Yegorov |
12 October 1964 Voskhod 1 |
13 October 1964 Voskhod 1 |
First multiple person spaceflight. Biomedical research. | ||
16 | Aleksei Leonov Pavel Belyayev |
18 March 1965 Voskhod 2 |
19 March 1965 Voskhod 2 |
First EVA. | ||
17 | Virgil I. Grissom John W. Young |
23 March 1965 Gemini 3 |
First to perform orbital maneuvers. | |||
18 | James A. McDivitt Edward H. White |
3 June 1965 Gemini 4 |
7 June 1965 Gemini 4 |
First American EVA. | ||
19 | L. Gordon Cooper Charles P. Conrad |
21 August 1965 Gemini 5 |
29 August 1965 Gemini 5 |
First one week spaceflight. | ||
20 | Frank F. Borman James A. Lovell |
4 December 1965 Gemini 7 |
18 December 1965 Gemini 7 |
First two week spaceflight. First space rendezvous in history with Gemini 6A. | ||
21 | Walter M. Schirra Thomas P. Stafford |
15 December 1965 Gemini 6A |
16 December 1965 Gemini 6A |
First space rendezvous in history with Gemini 7. | ||
22 | Neil A. Armstrong David R. Scott |
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 Eugene A. Cernan |
3 June 1966 Gemini 9A |
6 June 1966 Gemini 9A |
First backup crew to fly space mission. | ||
24 | John W. Young Michael Collins |
18 July 1966 Gemini 10 |
21 July 1966 Gemini 10 |
First rendezvous with two different objects. | ||
25 | Charles P. Conrad Richard F. Gordon |
12 September 1966 Gemini 11 |
15 September 1966 Gemini 11 |
Held altitude record prior to lunar missions (1374 km). | ||
26 | James A. Lovell Edwin E. Aldrin |
11 November 1966 Gemini 12 |
15 November 1966 Gemini 12 |
First manual rendezvous. Miscellaneous scientific experiments. | ||
27 | Vladimir Komarov | 23 April 1967 Soyuz 1 |
24 April 1967 Soyuz 1 |
Crashed on re-entry. First fatality during spaceflight. | ||
28 | Walter M. Schirra Donn F. Eisele R. Walter Cunningham |
11 October 1968 Apollo 7 |
22 October 1968 Apollo 7 |
First three person U.S. crew. Launched over 20 months after Apollo 1 fatalities. | ||
29 | Georgi Beregovoi | 26 October 1968 Soyuz 3 |
30 October 1968 Soyuz 3 |
Failed to dock with unmanned Soyuz 2. | ||
30 | Frank F. Borman James A. Lovell William A. Anders |
21 December 1968 Apollo 8 |
27 December 1968 Apollo 8 |
First manned lunar orbit. | ||
31 | Vladimir Shatalov | 14 January 1969 Soyuz 4 |
17 January 1969 Soyuz 4 |
First crew transfer between space vehicles. First docking of two manned spacecraft. | ||
32 | Aleksei Yeliseyev Yevgeny Khrunov |
15 January 1969 Soyuz 5 |
17 January 1969 Soyuz 4 |
First crew transfer between space vehicles. First docking of two manned spacecraft. | ||
Boris Volynov | 18 January 1969 Soyuz 5 |
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33 | James A. McDivitt David R. Scott Russel L. Schweickart |
3 March 1969 Apollo 9 |
13 March 1969 Apollo 9 |
Tested Lunar Module in low Earth orbit. | ||
34 | Thomas P. Stafford John W. Young Eugene A. Cernan |
18 May 1969 Apollo 10 |
26 May 1969 Apollo 10 |
Tested Lunar Module in low lunar orbit. | ||
35 | Neil A. Armstrong Michael Collins Edwin E. Aldrin |
16 July 1969 Apollo 11 |
Moon | 24 July 1969 Apollo 11 |
First lunar landing. | |
36 | Georgi Shonin Valeri Kubasov |
11 October 1969 Soyuz 6 |
16 October 1969 Soyuz 6 |
First three-craft spaceflight. | ||
37 | Anatoly Filipchenko Vladislav Volkov Viktor Gorbatko |
12 October 1969 Soyuz 7 |
17 October 1969 Soyuz 7 |
First three-craft spaceflight. | ||
38 | Vladimir Shatalov Aleksei Yeliseyev |
13 October 1969 Soyuz 8 |
18 October 1969 Soyuz 8 |
First three-craft spaceflight. | ||
39 | Charles P. Conrad Richard F. Gordon Alan Bean |
14 November 1969 Apollo 12 |
Moon | 24 November 1969 Apollo 12 |
Second lunar landing. Precision landing near Surveyor 3. | |
40 | James A. Lovell John L. Swigert Fred W. Haise |
11 April 1970 Apollo 13 |
17 April 1970 Apollo 13 |
Lunar landing aborted following explosion en route. | ||
41 | Andriyan Nikolayev Vitaliy Sevastyanov |
1 June 1970 Soyuz 9 |
19 June 1970 Soyuz 9 |
Investigations into effects of prolonged spaceflight. Record duration mission for single spacecraft. |
Book: List of human spaceflights (1961–1970) | |
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