APPENDIX 4


Flight Summary


August 17, 1958, through November 7, 1962

*The launches described in this table include only those related to the exploration of the moon: unmanned lunar probes, unmanned tests of spacecraft designed for later manned missions, and manned spacecraft flights. The table is not intended as a comprehensive summary of all American and Soviet space flights.

AMR - Atlantic Missile Range.

S - successful.

P - Partially successful.

U - Unsuccessful.

Unknown - Launch vehicle malfunctions did not give the payload a chance to exercise its main experiments.

Date Name General Mission Launch Vehicle (site) Veh Performance Payload Mission Results
1958
Aug 17 Pioneer Scientific lunar probe Thor-Able (AMR) U Unknown U
Oct 11 Pioneer I Scientific lunar probe Thor-Able (AMR) U Unknown U
Nov 8 Pioneer II Scientific lunar probe Thor-Able (AMR) U Unknown U
Dec 6 Pioneer III Scientific lunar probe Juno II (AMR) U P P
1959
Jan 2 Lunik I Scientific lunar probe Unkown (U.S.S.R.) P P P
Mar 3 Pioneer IV Scientific lunar probe Juno II (AMR) P P P
Sep 12 Lunik Scientific lunar lander Unkown S S S
Oct 4 Lunik III Lunar photography Unknown S S S
Nov 26 Pioneer Scientific lunar probe Atlas-Able (AMR) U Unknown U
1960
May 9 Mercury abort test Capsule escape rocket test, unmanned Launch escape rocket (Wallops Is.) S S S
May 15 Korabl SputnikI Unmanned orbital spacecraft flight Unknown(U.S.S.R.) P S P
Jul 29 Mercury-Atlas 1 (MA-1) Unmanned suborbital spacecraft flight Atlas (AMR) U Unknown U
Aug 19 Korabl Sputnik II Unmanned orbital spacecraft flight Unknown (U.S.S.R.) S S S
Sep 25 Pioneer Lunar orbiter Atlas-Able (AMR) U Unknown U
Nov 8 Little Joe 5 (LJ-5) Unmanned max q Mercury spacecraft abort test Little Joe (Wallops Is.) U Unknown U
Nov 21 Mercury-Redstone 1 (MR-1) Unmanned suborbital spacecraft flight Redstone (AMR) U Unknown U
Dec 1 Korabl Sputnik III unmanned orbital spacecraft flight Unknown P S P
Dec 15 Pioneer Scientific lunar probe Atlas-Able(AMR) U Unknown U
Dec 19 Mercury-Redstone 1A (MR-1A) Unmanned suborbital spacecraft flight Redstone S S S
1961
Jan 31 Mercury-Redstone 2 (MR-2) Unmanned suborbital spacecraft flight Redstone (AMR) S S S
Feb 21 Mercury-Atlas 2 (MA-2) Unmanned suborbital spacecraft flight Atlas (AMR) S S S
Mar 9 Korabl Sputnik IV Unmanned orbital spacecraft flight Unknown (U.S.S.R.) S S S
Mar 18 Little Joe 5A (LJ-5A) Unmanned max q Mercury spacecraft abort test Little Joe (Wallops Is.) P P P
Mar 25 Korabl Sputnik V Unmanned orbital spacecraft flight Unknown (U.S.S.R.) S S S
Apr 12 Vostok I Manned orbital spacecraft flight Unknown (U.S.S.R.) S S S
Apr 25 Mercury-Atlas 3 (MA-3) Unmanned orbital spacecraft flight Atlas (AMR) U Unknown U
Apr 28 Little Joe 5B (LJ-5B) Unmanned max q Mercury spacecraft abort test Little Joe (Wallops Is.) P S S
May 5 Freedom 7 (MR-3) Suborbital manned spacecraft flight Redstone(AMR) S S S
Jul 21 Liberty Bell 7 (MR-4) Suborbbital manned spacecraft flight Redstone (AMR) S S S
Aug 6 Vostok II Manned orbital spacecraft flight Unknown (U.S.S.R.) S S S
Aug 23 Ranger I Scientific lunar probe Atlas-Agena B (AMR) U Unknown U
Sep 13 Mercury-Atlas 4 (MA-4) Unmanned orbital spacecraft flight Atlas (AMR) S S S
Oct 27 Saturn (SA-1) Launch vehicle development test Saturn C-1 (AMR) S S
Nov 18 Ranger II Scientific lunar probe Atlas-Agena B (AMR) U Unknown U
Nov 29 Mercury-Atlas 5 (MA-5) Unmanned orbital spacecraft flight Atlas (AMR) S S S
1962
Jan 26 Ranger III Scientific lunar lander Atlas-Agena B (AMR) U Unknown U
Feb 20 Friendship 7 (MA-6) Manned orbital spacecraft flight Atlas (AMR) S S S
Apr 23 Ranger IV Scientific lunar lander Atlas-Agena B (AMR) U Unknown U
Apr 25 Saturn (SA-2) Launch vehicle develpment test Saturn C-1 (AMR) S S S
May 24 Aurora 7 (MA-7) Manned orbital spacecraft flight Atlas (AMR) S S S
Aug 11-12 Vostok III-Vostok IV Manned orbital spacecraft flights Unknown (U.S.S.R.) S S S
Oct 3 Sigma 7 (MA_8) Manned orbital spacecraft flight Atlas (AMR) S S S
Oct 18 Ranger V Scientific lunar lander Atlas-Agena B (AMR) S S S


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