Gemini 9A (officially Gemini IX-A) was a 1966 manned spaceflight in NASA’s Gemini program. It was the 7th manned Gemini flight the 13th manned American flight and the 23rd spaceflight […]
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Korabl-Sputnik 2
Korabl-Sputnik 2 (Russian: Корабль-Спутник 2 meaning Ship-Satellite 2) also known as Vostok-1K No.2 and incorrectly as Sputnik 5 in the West was a Soviet artificial satellite and the third test […]
Gemini 8
Gemini 8 (officially Gemini VIII) was the sixth manned spaceflight in NASA’s Gemini program. The mission conducted the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit but suffered the first critical […]
Gemini 6A
Gemini 6A (officially Gemini VI-A) was a 1965 manned United States spaceflight in NASA’s Gemini program. The mission achieved the first manned rendezvous with another spacecraft its sister Gemini 7.
Gemini 7
Gemini 7 (officially Gemini VII) was a 1965 manned spaceflight in NASA’s Gemini program. It was the fourth manned Gemini flight the twelfth manned American flight and the twentieth manned […]
Gemini 5
Gemini 5 (officially Gemini V) was a 1965 manned spaceflight in NASA’s Gemini program. It was the third manned Gemini flight the 11th manned American flight and the 19th spaceflight […]
Gemini 4
Gemini 4 (officially Gemini IV) was the second manned space flight in NASA’s Project Gemini occurring in June 1965. It was the tenth manned American spaceflight (including two X-15 flights […]
Dong Fang Hong I
Dongfanghong I (Red East 1) (simplified Chinese: 东方红一号; traditional Chinese: 東方紅一號; pinyin: Dōngfānghóng Yīhào) also known as China 1[citation needed] was the People’s Republic of China’s first space satellite launched […]
Shenzhou 6
Shenzhou 6 (Chinese: 神舟六号 Shénzhōu lìuhào) was the second human spaceflight of the Chinese space program launched on October 12 2005 on a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan […]
Skylab 2
Skylab 2 (also SL-2 and SLM-1) was the first manned mission to Skylab the first U.S. orbital space station. The mission was launched on a Saturn IB rocket and carried […]