APPENDIX 4
Flight Summary
[November 8, 1962, through September 30, 1964]
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
PMR - Pacific Missile Range
WSMR - White Sands Missile Range
WS - Wallops Station
F - Failure
S - Success
Launch Performance
Vehicle Veh Pay- Mission
Name General Mission (Site) load Results
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1962
November 16
Saturn Launch vehicle development Saturn C-1 S S S
(SA-3) test ("Project Highwater") (AMR)
December 16
Explorer Scientific micrometeoroid Scout S S S XVI satellite (WS) (S-55b)
1963
March 28
Saturn Launch vehicle development test Saturn C-1 S S S
(SA-4) ("engine out" capability test) (AMR)
April 2
Lunik Lunar probe - reported attempt Unknown Unknown IV to soft-land instrument package (U.S.S.R.)
April 2
Explorer Measure atmospheric density, Thor-Delta S S S
XVII composition, pressure, and (AMR)
temperature at altitudes of
249 to 933 kilometers
(155 to 580 miles)
May 15
Faith 7 Project Mercury manned one-day Atlas S S S
(MA-9) mission - fourth US manned (AMR)
orbital flight
June 14
Vostok Manned orbital space flight. Unknown S S S
V First launch of second tandem (U.S.S.R.)
flight
June 16
Vostok Manned orbital space flight. Unknown S S S
VI second launch of second tandem (U.S.S.R.)
flight
July 20
-- Experimental heatshield reentry Scout F F F
(29,934 kilometers per hour) (WS)
(18,600mph) test
August 28
-- Prove capability of Little Joe Little S S S
II as an Apollo spacecraft test Joe II
vehicle (WSMR)
November 7
Pad Qualification test of Apollo -- - S S
Abort-l launch escape system to effect (WSMR)
a safe pad abort. (Spacecraft
BP-6)
November 26
Explorer To measure interplanetary Thor-Delta S S S
XVIII magnetic fields, solar wind, and (AMR)
cosmic radiation between earth
and moon
November 27
Centaur In-space ignition of Centaur's Atlas- S S S
II liquid-hydrogen engines (second Centaur
attempt, first success) (AMR)
December 19
Explorer To measure atmospheric Scout S S S
XIX density fluctuations of (PMR)
earth's high latitudes
1964
January 29
Saturn Test structure and performance Saturn I S S S
(SA-5) of 2-stage Saturn; orbit second (AMR)
stage
January 30
Ranger Television photographs of moon Atlas- S F F
VI at close range Agena B
(AMR)
April 8
Gemini- Unmanned flight test of Titan II S S S
Titan 1 structural integrity of Gemini (AMR)
spacecraft and compatibility
with launch vehicle
April 14
Project Test of Apollo sample heatshield Atlas D S S S Fire material at lunar reentry speeds (AMR)
May 13
Apollo Test capability of launch escape Little S S S
Mission system to propel spacecraft from Joe II
A-001 launch vehicle during abort at (WSMR)
transonic speed (Spacecraft BP-12)
May 28
Apollo First flight of an Apollo- Saturn I S S S Mission configured spacecraft with a (AMR) A-101 Saturn launch vehicle (SA-6) (Spacecraft BP-13)
July 28
Ranger Television photographs of the Atlas- S S S
VII moon at close range Agena B
(AMR)
August 18
-- Experimental heatshield reentry Scout S S S
test (WS)
August 25
Explorer Map irregularities in topside of Scout S S S
XX earth's atmosphere; obtain (PMR)
electron densities and
temperatures near satellite
September 18
Apollo Demonstrate spacecraft-launch Saturn I S S S Mission vehicle compatibility (AMR) A-102 (Spacecraft BP-15) (SA-7)
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