The Vostok programme (Russian: Восто́к IPA: [vɐˈstok] Orient or East) was a Soviet human spaceflight project to put the first Soviet citizens into low Earth orbit and return them safely. […]
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A-101 (spacecraft)
A-101 (also designated SA-6) was the sixth flight of the Saturn I launch vehicle which carried the first boilerplate Apollo spacecraft into low Earth orbit. The test flight took place […]
Pad Abort Test 1
Pad Abort Test 1 was the first abort test of the Apollo spacecraft on November 7 1963.
Saturn I SA-5
SA-5 was the first launch of the Block II Saturn I rocket and was part of the Apollo Program.
Saturn I SA-4
SA-4 was the fourth launch of a Saturn I launch vehicle and the last of the initial test phase of the first stage. It was part of the Apollo Program.
Landsat 1
Landsat 1 originally named Earth Resources Technology Satellite 1 was the first satellite of the United States’ Landsat program. It was a modified version of the Nimbus 4 meteorological satellite […]
Venera 15
Venera 15 (Russian: Венера-15 meaning Venus 15) was a spacecraft sent to Venus by the Soviet Union. This unmanned orbiter was to map the surface of Venus using high resolution […]
Venera 16
Venera 16 (Russian: Венера-16 meaning Venus 16) was a spacecraft sent to Venus by the Soviet Union. This unmanned orbiter was to map the surface of Venus using high resolution […]
New Horizons
New Horizons is a NASA space probe launched to study the dwarf planet Pluto its moons and one or two Kuiper Belt objects depending on which are in position to […]
Saturn I SA-3
Saturn-Apollo 3 (SA-3) was the third flight of the Saturn I launch vehicle the second flight of Project Highwater and was part of the American Apollo program. The rocket was […]