1964 in spaceflight

none August 2026 August 2021 January 2014 1964 Gemini 1.jpg The launch of Gemini 1, the first flight of the Titan II GLV rocket and the Gemini programme 11 January 21 December 101 83 15 3 87 Atlas SLV-3 Agena-DAtlas LV-3C Centaur-CDelta DKosmos-1 63S3Molniya-M 8K78MTitan II GLVTitan IIIAVostok-2M 8A92M Delta BScout X-3Polyot 11A59Vostok-K 8K72K 1 3 Timeline of spaceflight 1963 1965 right on 2 1964 yes Orbital and Suborbital launches 1964 in spaceflight (January–March) 1964 in spaceflight (April-June) 1964 in spaceflight (July-September) 1964 in spaceflight (October-December) Deep Space Rendezvous Date (UTC)SpacecraftEventRemarks 2 February Ranger 6 Lunar impact Impacted Mare Tranquillitatis at 09:24:32, failed to return imagesDecember 21, 2017 Ranger 6 - NASA Science https://science.nasa.gov/mission/ranger-6/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20260712101443/https://science.nasa.gov/mission/ranger-6/ July 12, 2026 2026-08-13 National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration en 14 July Zond 1 Flyby of Venus Closest approach: 100000 km, communications system failed before flyby 31 July Ranger 7 Lunar impact Impacted Mare Nubium at 13:25:49, returned 4,308 imagesDecember 21, 2017 Ranger 7 - NASA Science https://science.nasa.gov/mission/ranger-7/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20260712101503/https://science.nasa.gov/mission/ranger-7/ July 12, 2026 2026-08-13 National Aeronautics and Space Administration en Orbital launch statistics By country 120 false left United States: 64 64 #484785 Soviet Union: 36 36 #A52A2A Country Launches Successes Failures Partialfailures 36 29 7 0 64 53 8 3 World 36 64 29 53 7 8 0 3 By rocket Rocket Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks Atlas LV-3A Agena-B 3 3 0 0 Atlas LV-3A Agena-D 9 8 1 0 Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D 4 3 1 0 Maiden flight Atlas LV-3C Centaur-C 2 0 1 1 Maiden flight Delta B 2 1 1 0 Retired Delta C 2 1 0 1 Delta D 1 1 0 0 Maiden flight Kosmos-1 63S3 USSR 1955 2 1 1 0 Maiden flight Kosmos-2I 63S1 USSR 1955 8 7 1 0 Molniya 8K78 USSR 1955 3 2 1 0 Molniya-M 8K78M USSR 1955 5 1 4 0 Maiden flight Polyot 11A59 USSR 1955 1 1 0 0 Retired Saturn I 3 3 0 0 First orbital launch Scout X-3 1 1 0 0 Retired Scout X-4 7 6 1 0 Scout X-4 1 1 0 0 First Italian satellite launch Thor DSV-2A Ablestar 3 2 1 0 Thor SLV-2 Agena-B 2 1 0 1 Thor SLV-2 Agena-D 2 2 0 0 Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D 20 19 1 0 Titan II GLV 1 1 0 0 Maiden flight Titan IIIA 2 1 1 0 Maiden flight Voskhod 11A57 USSR 1955 5 5 0 0 Vostok-K 8K72K USSR 1955 2 2 0 0 Retired Vostok-2 8A92 USSR 1955 9 9 0 0 Vostok-2M 8A92M USSR 1955 1 1 0 0 Maiden flight By orbit Orbital regime Launches Achieved Not Achieved AccidentallyAchieved Remarks Low Earth 77 68 8 2 Medium Earth 4 3 1 0 High Earth 11 8 3 0 Including Highly elliptical orbits Geosynchronous/transfer 2 1 1 0 Heliocentric 6 4 2 0 References 2 Further reading 1964 on expanded Category:Spaceflight by year