Aller au contenu principal

List of human spaceflights, 1961–1970


List of human spaceflights, 1961–1970


This is a detailed list of human spaceflights from 1961 to 1970, spanning the Soviet Vostok and Voskhod programs, the start of the Soviet Soyuz program, the American Mercury and Gemini programs, and the first lunar landings of the American Apollo program.

  • Red indicates fatalities.
  • Green indicates sub-orbital spaceflight (including flights that failed to attain intended orbit).
  • Grey indicates flights to the Moon.
  • The United States defines spaceflight as any flight reaching an altitude of 50 miles, while the FAI definition requires an altitude of 100 kilometers. During the 1960s, 13 crewed flights of the U.S. North American X-15 rocket plane met the U.S. criteria, of which only two met the FAI's. This article's primary list includes only the latter two flights. A separate, secondary list gives the other eleven which flew between 50 miles and 100 kilometers.

Flights between 50 miles and 100 kilometers

In addition to the above spaceflights, eleven flights of the North American X-15 reached a maximum altitude above 50 miles but below 100 kilometers, thus satisfying the U.S. definition of spaceflight but failing to surpass the Kármán line. Among the twelve X-15 pilots, only Neil Armstrong and Joe Engle would travel to space following their participation in the program. Eleven of the thirteen flights above 50 miles were made in the X-15-3, the program's third plane; only two were made in the X-15-1, its first.

In the below table, "spaceflight" and related phrases refer to the American convention.

See also

  • List of human spaceflight programs
  • List of human spaceflights
  • List of human spaceflights, 1971–1980
  • List of human spaceflights, 1981–1990
  • List of human spaceflights, 1991–2000
  • List of human spaceflights, 2001–2010
  • List of human spaceflights, 2011–2020
  • List of human spaceflights, 2021–present

References

  • Vostok and Voskhod flight history
  • Mercury flight history
  • X-15 flight history (altitudes given in feet)
  • Gemini flight history
  • Apollo flight history (student resource)
  • Skylab flight history
  • Apollo-Soyuz flight history
  • Space Shuttle flight history infographic
  • Shenzhou flight history timeline
  • SpaceShipOne flight history

Text submitted to CC-BY-SA license. Source: List of human spaceflights, 1961–1970 by Wikipedia (Historical)