Successful space missions
28 entries in the Successful Space Missions compendium.
Apollo 4First uncrewed test flight of the Saturn V rocket.Apollo 5First uncrewed test flight of the Apollo Lunar Module.Apollo 7First crewed Apollo flight after the Apollo 1 fire.Apollo 8First crewed spacecraft to orbit the Moon and return.Apollo 9First crewed flight of the Apollo Lunar Module.Apollo 10Dress rehearsal for the first Moon landing.Apollo 12Second crewed Moon landing; precise landing near Surveyor 3.Apollo 14Third lunar landing, first in the lunar highlands.Apollo 15First J mission with rover, deep-space spacewalk, and Genesis Rock.Apollo 17Final Apollo Moon landing, with the only geologist to walk on the Moon.Artemis IUncrewed Moon-orbiting mission testing Orion and SLS.AS-203Uncrewed Saturn IB flight testing S-IVB restart for lunar missions.Chandrayaan-3First soft landing near the lunar south pole.Crew Dragon Demo-1First orbital test of SpaceX's Dragon 2 spacecraft.Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort TestFinal test before Crew Dragon certification for human spaceflight.Exploration Flight Test-1First uncrewed test flight of the Orion spacecraft crew module.Gemini 3First crewed Gemini mission; first U.S. two-astronaut flight.Gemini 4First American spacewalk and first US multi-day spaceflight.Gemini 5First American crewed spaceflight to hold the world duration record.Gemini 6AFirst crewed rendezvous in space, with Gemini 7.Gemini 7Long-duration Gemini flight that hosted first crewed space rendezvous.Gemini 10First mission to perform a double rendezvous in orbit.Gemini 11Ninth crewed Gemini mission, set altitude record and tested tether artificial gravity.Gemini 12Final crewed Gemini flight demonstrated effective extravehicular activity.Luna 2First spacecraft to touch the lunar surface.Luna 3First spacecraft to photograph the Moon's far side.Luna 16First robotic probe to return lunar soil to Earth.Luna 17First robotic rover deployed on the Moon.
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