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APPENDIX A

Manned Spaceflight

Summary

The following table summarizes United States and Soviet manned
space launches up to the first launch of the Space Shuttle.

Designation Launch Recovery Astronauts Notes
Vostok I 12 Apr 61 12 Apr 61 Gagarin 1 orbit, 1.8 hr.
Mercury- 5 May 61 5 May 61 Shepard Suborbital, 15 min.
Redstone 3
Mercury- 21 Jul 61 21 Jul61 Grissom 2nd U.S. suborbital
Redstone 4
Vostok 2 6Aug61 7Aug61 Titov 17 orbits, 25 hrs.
Mercury- 20 Feb 62 20 Feb 62 Glenn 3 orbits, 4.9 hrs.
Atlas 6
Mercury- 24 May 62 24 May 62 Carpenter 3 orbits, 4.9 hrs.
Atlas 7
Vostok 3 11 Aug 62 15 Aug 62 Nikolayev 64 orbits, 94.4 hrs.
Vostok 4 12 Aug 62 15 Aug 62 Popovich Came within 5 km of Vostok 3.
Mercury- 3 Oct 62 3 Oct 62 Schirra 6 orbits, 9.2 hrs.
Atlas 8
Mercury- 15 May 63 16 May 63 Cooper 22 orbits, 34.3 hrs.
Atlas 9
Vostok 5 14 Jun 63 19 Jun 63 Bykovsky 81 orbits, 119.1 hrs.
Vostok 6 16 Jun 63 19 Jun 63 Tereshkova Came within 5 km of Vostok 5.
First woman in space.
Voskhod 1 12Oct64 13Oct64 Komarov 16 orbits.
Feokistov First multiple crew.
Yegorov
Voskhod 2 18 Mar 65 19 Mar 65 Leonov First EVA
Belyayev (Leonov, 20 min.)

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