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1960s
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Actual
and Planned Flights in The Sixties
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Launch |
Mission |
Docking/Undocking |
Recovery |
Primary Crew |
Backup
Crew
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| 1960 | w | w | w | w | w |
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15
May
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KS
1
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w
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(
15 Oct 1965 )
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Unmanned
Vostok
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w
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23
July
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KS
2-1
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Failed
to reach orbit
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w
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Unmanned
Vostok ( 2 dogs ? )
|
w
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19
August
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KS
2
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w
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20
Aug
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Unmanned
Vostok ( 2 dogs )
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w
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1
December
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KS
3
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w
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2
Dec
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Unmanned
Vostok ( 2 dogs )
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w
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22
December ?
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KS
4-1
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Failed
to reach orbit
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w
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Unmanned
Vostok ( 2 dogs ? )
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w
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| 1961 | w | w | w | w | w |
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9
March
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KS
4
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w
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9
Mar
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Unmanned
Vostok ( 1 dog )
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w
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25
March
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KS
5
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w
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25
Mar
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Unmanned
Vostok ( 1 dog )
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w
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12
April 06.07
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Vostok
1
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w
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12
Apr 07.55
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Y.A.Gagarin
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G.S.Titov
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6
August 06.00
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Vostok
2
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w
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7
Aug 07.15
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G.S.Titov
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A.G.Nikolayev
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| 1962 | w | w | w | w | w |
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11
August 08.30
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Vostok
3
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w
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15
Aug 06.52
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A.G.Nikolayev
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V.F.Bykovsky
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12
August 08.02
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Vostok
4
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w
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15
Aug 06.59
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P.R.Popovich
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V.M.Komarov
then B.V.Volynov
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| 1963 | w | w | w | w | w |
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14
June 12.00
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Vostok
5
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w
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19
Jun 11.00
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V.F.Bykovsky
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B.V.Volynov
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16
June 09.30
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Vostok
6
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w
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19
Jun 08.16
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V.V.Tereskhova
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I.B.Solovyova
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| 1964 | w | w | w | w | w |
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Summer
?
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Vostok
7
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Planned
mission cancelled
|
w
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B.B.Yegorov
|
V.G.Lazarev
?
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6
October 07.15 ?
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Cosmos
47
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w
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7
Oct
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Unmanned
Voskhod
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w
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12
October 07.30
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Voskhod
1
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w
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13
Oct 07.47
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V.M.Komarov
K.P.Feoktistov B.B.Yegorov
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B.V.Volynov
G.P.Katys V.G.Lazarev
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| 1965 | w | w | w | w | w |
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22
February 07.40?
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Cosmos
57
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Disintegrated
in orbit
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w
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Unmanned
Voskhod
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w
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18
March 07.00
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Voskhod
2
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w
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19
Mar 09.02
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P.I.Belyayev
A.A.Leonov
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V.V.Gorbatko
then D.A.Zaikin Y.V.Khrunov
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2
July
|
Cosmos
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Failed
to reach orbit
|
w
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Unmanned
Voskhod ( 2 dogs ? )
|
w
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1966
|
w
|
w
|
w
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w
|
w
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?
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Voskhod
3
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Planned
mission cancelled
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B.V.Volynov
G.S.Shonin
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V.A.Shatalov
G.T.Beregovoi
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|
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22
February 20.10
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Cosmos
110
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w
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16
Mar 14.00 ?
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Unmanned
Voskhod ( 2 dogs )
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w
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28
November 11.00
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Cosmos
133
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w
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30
Nov 10.21
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Unmanned
Soyuz
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w
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1967
|
w
|
w
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w
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w
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w
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7
February 03.20
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Cosmos
140
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w
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9
Feb 02.52
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Unmanned
Soyuz
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w
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10
March 11.31
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Cosmos
146
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w
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18
Mar ?
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Unmanned
Zond
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w
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8
April 09.00
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Cosmos
154
|
w
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19
Apr ?
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Unmanned
Zond
|
w
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23
April 00.35
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Soyuz
1
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w
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24
Apr 03.23
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V.M.Komarov
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Y.A.Gagarin
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24
April
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Soyuz
2
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Planned
mission cancelled
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w
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V.F.Bykovsky
A.S.Yeliseyev Y.V.Khrunov
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A.G.Nikolayev
V.N.Kubasov V.V.Gorbatko
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16
May 21.45
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Cosmos
159
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w
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(
11 Nov 1977 )
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Unmanned
Soyuz propulsion test
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w
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27
October 09.30
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Cosmos
186
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30
Oct 09.20 - 30 Oct 12.50
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31
Oct 08.20
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Unmanned
Soyuz
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w
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30
October 08.12
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Cosmos
188
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30
Oct 09.20 - 30 Oct 12.50
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2
Nov 09.10
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Unmanned
Soyuz
|
w
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| 21 November 18.45 |
Zond
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Failed to reach orbit | w | Unmanned circumlunar mission | w |
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1968
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w
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w
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w
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w
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w
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2
March 18.30
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Zond
4
|
w
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9
Mar ?
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Unmanned
lunar simulation
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w
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14
April 10.00
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Cosmos 212 | 15 Apr 10.21 - 15 April 14.11 | 19 Apr 08.10 | Unmanned Soyuz | w |
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15
April 09.34
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Cosmos
213
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15
Apr 10.21 - 15 April 14.11
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19
Apr 10.11
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Unmanned
Soyuz
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w
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22
April
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Zond
?
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Rumoured
launch failure
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w
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Unmanned
lunar-related flight
|
w
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28
August 09.59
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Cosmos
238
|
w
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1
Sep 09.03
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Unmanned
Soyuz
|
w
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|
14
September 21.42
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Zond
5
|
w
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21
Sep 16.08
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Unmanned
circumlunar mission
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w
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25
October 09.00
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Soyuz
2
|
w
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28
Oct 07.51
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Unmanned
|
w
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26
October 08.34
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Soyuz
3
|
w
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30
Oct 07.25
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G.T.Beregovoi
|
V.A.Shatalov
and B.V.Volynov
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10
November 19.11
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Zond
6
|
w
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17
Nov 14.10
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Unmanned
circumlunar mission
|
w
|
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1969
|
w
|
w
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w
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w
|
w
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14
January 07.29
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Soyuz
4
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16
Jan 08.20 - 16 Jan 12.55
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17
Jan 06.53
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V.A.Shatalov
|
A.V.Filipchenko
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|
15
January 07.05
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Soyuz
5
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16
Jan 08.20 - 16 Jan 12.55
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17
Jan 08.00
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B.V.Volynov
A.S.Yeliseyev* Y.V.Khrunov
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G.S.Shonin
V.N.Kubasov V.V.Gorbatko
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3-4
July
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No
Name
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Launch
pad explosion
|
w
|
Unmanned
giant booster
|
w
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7
August 23.55
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Zond
7
|
w
|
14
Aug
|
Unmanned
circumlunar mission
|
w
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11
October 11.10
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Soyuz
6
|
w
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16
Oct 09.52
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G.S.Shonin
V.N.Kubasov
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A.G.Nikolayev
V.I.Sevastyanov and N.N.Rukavishnikov
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12
October 10.45
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Soyuz
7
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w
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17
Oct 09.26
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A.V.Filipchenko
V.N.Volkov V.V.Gorbatko
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A.G.Nikolayev
V.I.Sevastyanov G.M.Grechko and N.N.Rukavishnikov
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13
October 10.20
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Soyuz
8
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w
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18
Oct 09.10
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V.A.Shatalov
A.S.Yeliseyev
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A.G.Nikolayev
V.I.Sevastyanov
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16
November ?
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Cosmos
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Rumoured
launch failure
|
w
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Unmanned
Soyuz lunar lander test ?
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w
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| Notes: This list includes all launches or attempted launches reported to have occurred. Dates shown in brackets are natural re-entry 'burn-ups'. Times are in GMT where known or calculated, but may differ slightly dependent on information source used. *A.S.Yeliseyev launched in one vehicle and returned in a different vehicle on this mission. Launch vehicles used were as follows: SL3 - Vostok SL4 - Voskhod, Propulsion tests, Soyuz SL12 - Zond ( Soyuz-based lunar vehicle ) SL13 Soyuz lunar lander variant |
 The Vostok re-entry vehicle production line |
The Soviet Cosmonauts - 60s
Training Selection Groups|
Name
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Speciality
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Selection
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Born
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Died
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Comments
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| ANIKEYEV Ivan Nikolayevich |
Military Pilot | Mar 1960 |
--
|
--
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Left in 1961 due to an 'incident' involving Filatyev and Nelyubov* |
| ARTYUKHIN Yuri Petrovich |
Military Engineer | Jan 1963 |
22/7/30
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n/a
|
1967 Lunar training group |
| ASANIN |
? | ? | - | - | Identified by Novosti as having taken part in spaceflight simulation training exercises |
| BELYAYEV Pavel Ivanovich |
Military Pilot | Mar 1960 |
26/6/25
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10/1/70
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Died following an ulcer operation |
| BEREGEVOI Georgi Timofeyevich |
Military Pilot | Feb 1964 |
15/4/21
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n/a
|
s- |
| BOGDASHEVSKY Rotislav |
Military Engineer | 1965 ? | -- | -- | Filmed by NBC in 1968 and identified as a cosmonaut in training |
| BONDARENKO Valentin Vasilyevich |
Military Pilot | Mar 1960 |
1937
?
|
23/3/61 | Died in a spacecraft simulator fire accident in a pure oxygen atmosphere |
| BYKOVSKY Valery Fyodorovich |
Military Pilot | Mar 1960 |
2/8/34
|
n/a
|
1967 Lunar training group |
| DEMIN Lev Stepanovich |
Military Engineer | Jan 1963 |
11/6/26
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n/a
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Was not assigned to a mission until 1974 |
| FEOKTISTOV Konstantin Petrovich |
Voskhod Engineer | Feb 1964 |
7/2/26
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n/a
|
Senior spacecraft designer, Soyuz, Salyut and Mir |
| FILATYEV Valentin Ignatyevich |
Military Pilot | Mar 1960 |
1925
|
n/a
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Left in 1961 due to an 'incident' involving Anikeyev and Nelyubov* |
| FILIPCHENKO Anatoli Vasilyevich |
Military Pilot | Jan 1963 |
26/2/28
|
n/a
|
--- |
| GAGARIN Yuri Alexeyevich |
Military Pilot | Mar 1960 |
9/3/34
|
27/3/68
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First man in space - died in an aircraft crash |
| GLAZKOV Yuri Nikolaievich |
Military Engineer | Oct 1965 |
2/10/39
|
n/a
|
Not assigned to a mission until 1976 |
| GOLOVANOV Yaroslav |
Journalist | Jul 1965 |
--
|
--
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Left the training group after death of Korolyov** |
| GORBATKO Viktor Vasilyevich |
Military Pilot | Mar 1960 |
3/12/34
|
n/a
|
-- |
| GRECHKO Georgi Mikhailovich |
Engineer | Sep 1966 |
25/5/31
|
n/a
|
1967 Lunar training group |
| GUBAREV Alexei Alexandrovich |
Military Pilot | Jan 1963 |
29/3/31
|
n/a
|
Not assigned to a mission until 1973 |
| ILLYIN Yevgeni A. |
Voskhod Physician | 1965 ? |
17/8/37
|
n/a
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Selected for a cancelled biological Voskhod mission in 1965 |
| KARTASHOV Anatoli Yakovlevich |
Military Pilot | Mar 1960 |
-
|
-
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Retired from programme after being taken ill during centrifuge training |
| KATYS Georgi Petrovich |
Voskhod Engineer | Feb 1964 |
1927
|
n/a
|
-- |
| KHRUNOV Yevgeny Vasilyevich |
Military Pilot | Mar 1960 |
10/9/33
|
n/a
|
- - |
| KISILEV Aleksandr S. |
Voskhod Physician | 1965 |
13/6/35
|
n/a
|
Selected for a cancelled biological Voskhod mission in 1965 |
| KIZIM Leonid Denisovich |
Military Pilot | Oct 1965 |
5/8/41
|
n/a
|
Not assigned to a mission until 1980 |
| KLIMUK Pyotr Illyich |
Military Pilot | Oct 1965 |
10/7/42
|
n/a
|
1967 Lunar training group |
| KOLODIN Pyotr Ivanovich |
Military Engineer | Jan 1963 |
23/9/30
|
n/a
|
Officially retired due to medical problems but more likely to be because of arguments about cancelled 1971 Soyuz 11 crew replacement |
| KOMAROV Vladimir Mikhailovich |
Military Pilot | Mar 1960 |
16/3/27
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24/4/67
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Died during re-entry of Soyuz 1, the first person to die during a mission |
| KORNIEV Ivan |
Military Pilot | Oct 1965 | -- | -- | Filmed by NBC in 1968 and identified as a cosmonaut in training |
| KOVALYONOK Vladimir Vasilyevich |
Military Pilot | May 1967 |
3/3/42
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n/a
|
Not assigned to a mission until 1975 |
| KUBASOV Valery Nikolayevich |
Engineer | Sep 1966 |
7/1/35
|
n/a
|
-- |
| KUKLIN A. |
Military Pilot | Jan 1963 | -- | -- | -- |
| KUZNETSOVA Tatiana Dmitryevna |
Vostok 6 Pilot | Mar 1962 |
--
|
--
|
Female cosmonaut |
| LAZAREV Vasily Grigorievich |
Voskhod Doctor | Feb 1964 |
23/2/28
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n/a
|
Military pilot, possibly joined programme in 1963 for cancelled Vostok 7 |
| LEONOV Alexei Arkhipovich |
Military Pilot | Mar 1960 |
30/5/34
|
n/a
|
First man to walk in space |
| LETUNOV Yuri |
Journalist | Jul 1965 | -- | -- | Left the training group after death of Korolyov** |
| LYAKHOV Vladimir Afanasyevich |
Military Pilot | May 1967 |
20/7/41
|
n/a
|
Not assigned to a mission until 1978 |
| MAKAROV Oleg Grigoryevich |
Engineer | Nov 1966 |