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Saturn IB | Apollo 1 (Failure before launch)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 27, 1967, 11:31 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:
Apollo 1, initially designated AS-204, was the first crewed mission of the United States Apollo program, the undertaking to land the first man on the Moon. It was planned to launch on February 21, 1967, as the first low Earth orbital test of the Apollo command and service module. The mission never flew; a cabin fire during a launch rehearsal test at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 34 on January 27 killed all three crew members—Command Pilot Gus Grissom, Senior Pilot Ed White, and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee—and destroyed the command module (CM). The name Apollo 1, chosen by the crew, was made official by NASA in their honor after the fire.
Low Earth Orbit
Thor Delta E | ESSA 4
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 26, 1967, 5:31 p.m.
R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 7
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 25, 1967, 1:55 p.m.
Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 45
RKK Energiya | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 19, 1967, 12:39 p.m.
Titan IIIC | IDCSP 8 to 15
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 18, 1967, 2:19 p.m.
Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 38
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 14, 1967, 9:28 p.m.
Thor Delta E1 | INTELSAT II F-2
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 11, 1967, 10:55 a.m.
Thor SLV-2A Agena D | Multigroup 1 & Setter 1A
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 29, 1966, noon
Atlas SLV-3 | PRIME 1
Convair | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 21, 1966, 10:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The Martin X-23 PRIME (Precision Recovery Including Maneuvering Entry) was a small uncrewed lifting body re-entry vehicle tested by the United States Air Force in the late 1960s. PRIME 1 was launched on 21 December 1966 on a mission to simulate a low-earth orbit reentry with a zero cross-range. The ballute deployed at 30.43 km, though the recovery parachute failed to completely deploy. The vehicle crashed into the Pacific Ocean and was not recovered.
Suborbital
Kosmos-2I 63S1 | DS-U2-D 1
Strategic Rocket Forces | RussiaKapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Dec. 21, 1966, 1:12 p.m.
