Mission LJ-5B Type: Test Flight Orbit: Suborbital Little Joe 5B was an uncrewed launch escape system test of the Mercury spacecraft, conducted as part of the US Mercury program. Location Launch Area 4 Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA Launch Area 4 has witnessed the launch of 1 rockets, including 0 orbital launch attempts, while Wallops […]
Location Launch Complex 26B Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Launch Complex 26B has witnessed the launch of 6 rockets, including 6 orbital launch attempts, while Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA, has been the site for 980 rocket launches. Rocket Army Ballistic Missile Agency Juno II Juno II was an American space launch vehicle used during […]
Mission Mercury-Atlas 3 Type: Test Flight Orbit: Suborbital Uncrewed test flight of the Mercury program. The launch proceeded normally until about T+20 seconds when the pitch and roll sequence failed to initiate and the vehicle instead just continued flying straight upward, requiring early termination of the flight. Location Space Launch Complex 14 Cape Canaveral SFS, […]
Mission Trailblazer 1g Type: Test Flight Orbit: Suborbital An experiment where an actual ‘artificial meteorite’ was flown. This was a 5.8 g steel pellet, which was driven into the atmosphere at 6 km/sec by a ‘seventh stage’, a shaped charge that accelerated the pellet after burnout of the rocket’s six stage. This experiment provided a […]
Crew Yuri Gagarin Birthday: 03/09/1934 Role: Pilot Nationality: Russian First Flight: 04/12/1961 Last Flight: 04/12/1961 Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Russian: Ю́рий Алексе́евич Гага́рин, IPA: [ˈjʉrʲɪj ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ ɡɐˈɡarʲɪn]; 9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He became the first human to journey into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed one […]
Mission KH-5 2 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit KH-5 (Keyhole 5, codenamed Argon) was the area survey component of the Corona program. Location Space Launch Complex 1E Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA Space Launch Complex 1E has witnessed the launch of 45 rockets, including 45 orbital launch attempts, while Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA, has […]
Location Space Launch Complex 1W Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA Space Launch Complex 1W has witnessed the launch of 56 rockets, including 56 orbital launch attempts, while Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA, has been the site for 774 rocket launches. Rocket United States Air Force Thor DM-21 Agena-B Thor-Agena was a series of orbital launch vehicles. Agency […]
Location Space Launch Complex 17A Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Space Launch Complex 17A has witnessed the launch of 145 rockets, including 145 orbital launch attempts, while Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA, has been the site for 980 rocket launches. Rocket United States Air Force Thor-Delta The Delta DM-19, or Thor-Delta was an early launch […]
Location 1/5 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan 1/5 has witnessed the launch of 487 rockets, including 487 orbital launch attempts, while Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan, has been the site for 1551 rocket launches. Rocket Soviet Space Program Vostok-K The Vostok-K was an expendable carrier rocket used by the Soviet Union for thirteen launches between […]
Mission Mercury-Redstone BD Type: Test Flight Orbit: Suborbital Mercury-Redstone BD was an uncrewed booster development flight in the U.S. Mercury program. It was launched on March 24, 1961 from Launch Complex 5 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission used a boilerplate Mercury spacecraft and Redstone MRLV-5. Location Launch Complex 5 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA […]
Mission LJ-5A Type: Test Flight Orbit: Suborbital Uncrewed launch escape system test of the Mercury spacecraft, conducted as part of the U.S. Mercury program. It was an attempted re-test of the failed Little Joe 5 flight. Location Launch Area 1 Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA Launch Area 1 has witnessed the launch of 7 rockets, […]
Location 1/5 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan 1/5 has witnessed the launch of 487 rockets, including 487 orbital launch attempts, while Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan, has been the site for 1551 rocket launches. Rocket Soviet Space Program Vostok-K The Vostok-K was an expendable carrier rocket used by the Soviet Union for thirteen launches between […]
Location Launch Complex 26B Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Launch Complex 26B has witnessed the launch of 6 rockets, including 6 orbital launch attempts, while Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA, has been the site for 980 rocket launches. Rocket Army Ballistic Missile Agency Juno II Juno II was an American space launch vehicle used during […]
Location Space Launch Complex 17B Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Space Launch Complex 17B has witnessed the launch of 132 rockets, including 132 orbital launch attempts, while Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA, has been the site for 980 rocket launches. Rocket United States Air Force Thor DM-21 Ablestar The Thor-Ablestar, or Thor Able-Star, also known […]
Mission Mercury-Atlas 2 Type: Test Flight Orbit: Suborbital Mercury-Atlas 2 (MA-2) was an unmanned test flight of the Mercury program using the Atlas rocket. It launched on February 21, 1961 at 14:10 UTC, from Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Location Space Launch Complex 14 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Space Launch Complex 14 […]
