1965 in spaceflight

none August 2021 January 2014 1965 Delta D Intelsat1.jpg Launch of a Delta D rocket carrying the first commercial geosynchronous communications satellite, Intelsat I F1 11 January 28 December 124 108 15 1 112 Atlas LV-3C Centaur-DDelta EDiamant-AKosmos-2MScout AScout BSoyuz/Vostok 11A510Thor LV-2D Burner-1Thor LV-2D MG-18Titan IIICUR-500 (Proton) Atlas LV-3A Agena-BAtlas LV-3C Centaur-CDelta DKosmos-1Molniya 8K78Molniya-L 8K78LSaturn IScout X-4Thor DSV-2A AblestarThor LV-2D MG-18Thor SLV-2 Agena-BTitan IIIA 6 13 Timeline of spaceflight 1964 1966 right on 2 1965 yes Orbital and Suborbital launches 1965 in spaceflight (January–March) 1965 in spaceflight (April-June) 1965 in spaceflight (July-September) 1965 in spaceflight (October-December) Deep Space Rendezvous Date (UTC)SpacecraftEventRemarks 20 February Ranger 8 Lunar impact Impacted Mare Tranquillitatis at 09:57:37, returned 7,137 images 24 March Ranger 9 Lunar impact Impacted Alphonsus Crater at 14:08:20, returned 5,814 images 12 May Luna 5 Lunar impact Failed lander, impacted at 19:10 11 June Luna 6 Lunar flyby Failed lander, closest approach: 160000 km 15 July Mariner 4 Flyby of Mars Returned 21 images 20 July Zond 2 Flyby of Mars Communications system failed before flyby 6 August Zond 3 Lunar Flyby Returned 25 images 7 October Luna 7 Lunar impact Failed lander, impacted at 22:08 6 December Luna 8 Lunar impact Failed lander, impacted at 21:51:30 EVAs Start date/timeDurationEnd timeSpacecraftCrewRemarks18 March08:3412 minutes08:47Voskhod 2USSR Alexei LeonovFirst EVA in history.http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/machines/vkh2.sht Spacecraft "Voskhod-2" web page 2008-12-26 Alexander Anikeev 2008 Manned Astronautics: Figures and Facts website dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090211111705/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/machines/vkh2.sht 11 February 2009 Leonov had difficulty fitting back into the spacecraft due to spacesuit stiffness in vacuum. He vented air from his spacesuit to bend back into the capsule.http://www.astronautix.com/astros/leonov.htm Leonov web page 2008-12-26 Mark Wade 2008 Encyclopedia Astronautica web site https://web.archive.org/web/20081223041538/http://www.astronautix.com/astros/leonov.htm 23 December 2008 dead dmy-all 3 June19:4620 minutes20:06Gemini IVUSA Ed WhiteFirst US EVA.http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/gemini_4_eva.html The First U.S. Spacewalk - Gemini 4 2009-12-28 David R. Williams 2004 Lunar and Planetary Science NASA White also had difficulty returning to the Gemini spacecraft. Although very fit, the effort left White exhausted.Cernan Eugene Don Davis The Last Man on the Moon St. Martin's Press 1999 New York 83 0-312-19906-6 registration https://archive.org/details/lastmanonmoonast00cern_0/page/83 Orbital launch statistics By country 120 false left United States: 70 #484785 Soviet Union: 53 #A52A2A France: 1 #318CE7 Country Launches Successes Failures Partialfailures 1 1 0 0 53 46 7 0 70 61 8 1 World 1 53 70 1 46 61 0 7 8 0 0 1 By rocket Rocket Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks Atlas D 3 1 2 0 Suborbital component of one failed launch was successful Atlas LV-3A Agena-B 2 2 0 0 Retired Atlas LV-3A Agena-D 1 1 0 0 Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D 11 9 2 0 Atlas LV-3C Centaur-C 1 0 1 0 Retired Atlas LV-3C Centaur-D 1 1 0 0 Maiden flight Delta C 5 4 1 0 Delta D 1 1 0 0 Retired Delta E 2 2 0 0 Maiden flight Diamant A 1 1 0 0 Maiden flight Kosmos-1 63S3 USSR 1955 6 6 0 0 Retired Kosmos-2I 63S1 USSR 1955 7 4 3 0 Kosmos-2M 63S1M USSR 1955 3 3 0 0 Maiden flight Molniya 8K78 USSR 1955 6 5 1 0 Retired Molniya-L 8K78L USSR 1955 1 0 1 0 Retired Molniya-M 8K78M USSR 1955 5 4 1 0 Saturn I 3 3 0 0 Retired Scout A 1 1 0 0 Maiden flight Scout B 1 1 0 0 Maiden flight Scout X-4 3 3 0 0 Retired Soyuz/Vostok 11A510 USSR 1955 1 1 0 0 Maiden flight Thor DSV-2A Ablestar 3 3 0 0 Retired Thor LV-2D Burner-1 2 2 0 0 Maiden flight Thor LV-2D MG-18 2 2 0 0 Only flights Thor SLV-2 Agena-B 1 1 0 1 Retired Thor SLV-2 Agena-D 2 1 1 0 Thrust Augmented Thor SLV-2A Agena-D 15 15 0 0 Titan II GLV 5 5 0 0 Also made one suborbital launch Titan IIIA 2 2 0 0 Retired Titan IIIC 3 1 1 1 Maiden flight Voskhod 11A57 USSR 1955 12 12 0 0 Vostok-2 8A92 USSR 1955 8 7 1 0 Vostok-2M 8A92M USSR 1955 2 2 0 0 UR-500 (Proton) 8K72 USSR 1955 2 2 0 0 Maiden flight By orbit Orbital regime Launches Achieved Not Achieved AccidentallyAchieved Remarks Low Earth 96 85 9 2 Medium Earth 7 6 1 0 High Earth 13 11 2 0 Including Highly elliptical and Molniya orbits Geosynchronous/transfer 3 1 2 1* * - One launch to geosynchronous orbit reached geosynchronous transfer orbit Heliocentric 5 4 1 0 References U.S. Aeronautics and Space Report 1965 Footnotes 2 1965 on expanded Category:Spaceflight by year