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Note: reported early launch dates, particularly for Soviet missions, tend to vary from source to source so should be taken as a guideline rather than definitive.

DATE

MISSION

DAYS

HRS

MINS

FLIGHT PERSONNEL

COMMENTS

DATE

MISSION

DAYS

HRS

MINS

FLIGHT PERSONNEL

COMMENTS

12-Apr-61

VOSTOK 1

0

1

48

YURI GAGARIN

FIRST MAN
IN SPACE

16-Mar-66

GEMINI 8

10

41

26

NEIL ARMSTRONG
DAVID SCOTT

FIRST MANNED
SPACE DOCKING

5-May-61

FREEDOM 7

.

.

15

ALAN SHEPHARD

FIRST AMERICAN
IN SPACE

3-Jun-66

GEMINI 9

3

0

21

TOM STAFFORD
EUGENE CERNAN

 

21-Jul-61

LIBERTY BELL 7

.

.

15

GUS GRISSOM

 

18-Jul-66

GEMINI 10

2

22

47

JOHN YOUNG
MICHAEL COLLINS

 

6-Aug-61

VOSTOK 2

1

1

18

GHERMAN TITOV

FIRST MAN
IN SPACE
FOR 24HRS

12-Sep-66

GEMINI 11

2

23

17

CHARLES CONRAD
RICHARD GORDON

 

20-Feb-62

FRIENDSHIP 7

.

4

55

JOHN GLENN

FIRST AMERICAN
IN ORBIT

11-Nov-66

GEMINI 12

3

22

35

JAMES LOVELL
BUZZ ALDRIN

 

24-May-62

AURORA 7

.

4

56

SCOTT CARPENTER

 

27-Jan-67

APOLLO 1

0

0

0

VIRGIL GRISSOM
EDWARD WHITE
ROGER CHAFFEE

ALL KILLED IN FIRE
ON LAUNCH PAD

11-Aug-62

VOSTOK 3

3

22

22

ANDRIAN NIKOLYEV

FIRST
SIMULTANEOUS
MISSION

23-Apr-67

SOYUZ 1

1

2

48

VLADIMIR KOMAROV KONSTANTIN FEOKTISTOV
BORIS YEGEROV

KOMAROV KILLED
ON DESCENT

12-Aug-62

VOSTOK 4

2

22

1

PAVEL POPOVICH

FIRST
SIMULTANEOUS
MISSION

11-Oct-68

APOLLO 7

10

20

9

WALTER SCHIRRA
DONN EISELE
WALT CUNNINGHAM

FIRST AMERICAN
3-MAN MISSION

3-Oct-62

SIGMA 7

.

9

13

WALTER SCHIRRA

 

26-Oct-68

SOYUZ 3

3

22

51

GEORGI BEREGOVOI

 

15-May-63

FAITH 7

1

10

20

GORDON COOPER

 

21-Dec-68

APOLLO 8

6

3

1

FRANK BORMAN
JAMES LOVELL
WILLIAM ANDERS

FIRST LUNAR ORBIT

14-Jun-63

VOSTOK 5

4

23

6

VALERI BYKOVSKY

 

14-Jan-69

SOYUZ 4

2

23

21

VLADIMIR SHATALOV

 

16-Jun-63

VOSTOK 6

2

22

50

VALENTINA TERESHKOVA

FIRST WOMAN
IN SPACE

15-Jan-69

SOYUZ 5

3

0

54

BORIS VOLYNOV
ALEXEI YELESEYEV
YEVGENY KHRUNHOV

FIRST CREW TRANSFER
BETWEEN CRAFT

12-Oct-64

VOSKHOD 1

1

0

17

VLADIMIR KOMAROV KONSTANTIN FEOKTISTOV BORIS YEGEROV

FIRST MULTI-MAN
MISSION

3-Mar-69

APOLLO 9

10

1

1

JAMES McDEVITT
DAVID SCOTT
RUSSELL SCHWEICKART

 

18-Mar-65

VOSKHOD 2

1

2

2

PAVEL BELAYEV
ALEXEI LEONOV

FIRST SPACE WALK
(LEONOV)

18-May-69

APOLLO 10

8

0

3

TOM STAFFORD
JOHN YOUNG
EUGENE CERNAN

WITHIN 9 MILES
OF MOON

25-Mar-65

GEMINI 3

.

4

53

GUS GRISSOM
JOHN YOUNG

FIRST AMERICAN
2-MAN MISSION

16-Jul-69

APOLLO 11

8

3

19

NEIL ARMSTRONG
BUZZ ALDRIN
MICHAEL COLLINS

FIRST MAN
ON THE MOON

3-Jun-65

GEMINI 4

4

1

56

JAMES McDEVITT
EDWARD WHITE

FIRST AMERICAN
SPACE WALK

11-Oct-69

SOYUZ 6

4

22

43

GEORGI SHONIN
VALERI KUBASOV

 

21-Aug-65

GEMINI 5

7

22

55

GORDON COOPER
CHARLES CONRAD

FIRST TO SPEND
A WEEK IN SPACE

12-Oct-69

SOYUZ 7

4

22

40

ANATOLI FILIPCHENKO
VLADISLAV VOLKOV
VIKTOR GORBATKO

 

4-Dec-65

GEMINI 7

13

18

35

FRANK BORMAN
JAMES LOVELL

 

13-Oct-69

SOYUZ 8

4

22

51

VLADIMIR SHATALOV
ALEXEI YELISEYEV

 

15-Dec-65

GEMINI 6

1

1

52

WALTER SCHIRRA
TOM STAFFORD

FIRST SPACE
RENDEZVOUS

14-Nov-69

APOLLO 12

10

4

36

CHARLES CONRAD
RICHARD GORDON
ALAN BEAN

SECOND
LUNAR LANDING





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