Previous Spaceflight Launches
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Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 4
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 13, 1961, 2:04 p.m.
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 30
United States Air Force | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 12, 1961, 7:59 p.m.
Atlas LV-3A | Samos 3
United States Air Force | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 9, 1961, 7:28 p.m.
Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 29
United States Air Force | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 30, 1961, 8 p.m.
Scout X-1 | Explorer 13
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaWallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Aug. 25, 1961, 6:29 p.m.
Atlas LV-3A | Ranger 1
United States Air Force | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 23, 1961, 10:04 a.m.
Blue Scout Jr | O-1
Vought | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 17, 1961, 2:29 p.m.
Delta DM-19 | Explorer 12
United States Air Force | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 16, 1961, 3:21 a.m.
Vostok-K | Vostok 2
Soviet Space Program | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 6, 1961, 6 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The second crewed space launch carrying the Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov to orbit. The mission lasted 25 hours and 18 minutes and completed 17.5 orbits. He remains the youngest person to reach space, being a month short of 26 at the time of the launch.
Low Earth OrbitThor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 28
United States Air Force | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 4, 1961, 12:01 a.m.
