Saturn-Apollo 2 (SA-2) was the second flight of the Saturn I launch vehicle the first flight of Project Highwater and was part of the American Apollo program. The rocket was […]
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Saturn I SA-1
SA-1 was the first Saturn I space launch vehicle the first in the Saturn family and first mission of the American Apollo program. The rocket was launched on October 27 […]
AS-202
AS-202 (also referred to as SA-202) was the second unmanned suborbital test flight of a production Block I Apollo Command/Service Module launched with the Saturn IB launch vehicle. It launched […]
Mercury-Atlas 5
Mercury-Atlas 5 was an American unmanned spaceflight of the Mercury program. It was launched on November 29 1961 with Enos the Chimp a chimpanzee aboard. The craft orbited the Earth […]
AS-203
AS-203 (or SA-203) was an unmanned flight of the Saturn IB rocket on July 5 1966. It carried no Apollo Command/Service Module spacecraft as its purpose was to verify the […]
AS-201
AS-201 (or SA-201) flown February 26 1966 was the first unmanned test flight of an entire production Block I Apollo Command/Service Module and the Saturn IB launch vehicle. The spacecraft […]
Pioneer 5
Pioneer 5 (also known as Pioneer P-2 and Thor Able 4) was a spin-stabilized space probe in the NASA Pioneer program used to investigate interplanetary space between the orbits of […]
Sakigake
Sakigake (translating to pioneer or Pathfinder) known before launch as MS-T5 was Japan’s first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than […]
Korabl-Sputnik 1
Korabl-Sputnik 1 (Russian: Корабль Спутник 1 meaning Ship Satellite 1) (also known as Sputnik 4 in the West) was the first test flight of the Soviet Vostok programme and the […]
Gemini 1
Gemini 1 was the first unmanned test flight of the Gemini spacecraft in NASA’s Gemini program. Its main objectives were to test the structural integrity of the new spacecraft and […]