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DateAgencyTitleVehicleMissionOutcomeNotes (expands)CrewFirsts
Records (some will not be tracked until later, techically the first launch sets the record for everything)
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2/16/51KABOOMStarling 1StarlingSoundingSuccess193km apogee
Launch, Karman Line, Space
Altitude 193km
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3/5/51NSPPencil 2PencilSoundingFailure
3.9km apogee. Ullage failure.
Also, records will be updated when people post. EG if A sets the record in 1956, but B hasn't posted his 1955 record yet, but does and gets the record, the updated record will go to B while it was initially awarded to A because he posted first.
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3/10/51KABOOMStarling 1EStarling 1ESoundingFailure77km apogee
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4/1/51KABOOMStarling 1WStarling 1WSoundingSuccess184km apogee
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4/15/51NSPBansai M1BansaiX-PlaneSuccessReached 10kmGrigory StatnikPlane
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4/18/51KABOOMStarling 2Starling 2SoundingFailure4km apogee
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5/5/51KABOOMStarling 2Starling 2SoundingSuccess
154km apogee, sample return.
Return from space
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5/8/51NSPPencil 3PencilSoundingFailure
3km apogee. Engine failure.
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5/12/51JSAKyro 1KyroSoundingSuccess92km apogee
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6/13/51CDIOverture 1OvertureSoundingSuccess250km apogeeAltitude 250km
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7/10/51NSPPencil 4PencilSoundingSuccess60km apogee
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8/20/51JSAKyro 2KyroSoundingSuccess120km apogee
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8/26/51KABOOMArgus 1ArgusSoundingSuccess217km apogee
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8/27/51NSPBansai M2BansaiX-PlaneSuccessReached 12kmAlisa Yolkina
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9/18/51NSPPencil 5PencilSoundingSuccess128km apogee
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9/26/51CDIOverture 2Overture Block ASoundingSuccess189km apogee
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10/8/51NSPPencil 6PencilSoundingSuccess165km apogee
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10/30/51KABOOMPegasus 1ArgusSupersonic ManSuccessReached 12kmAnatoly EpingerSupersonic Man
Manned speed record, ~mach 1.5
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12/12/51JSAKyro 3KyroSoundingSuccess214km apogee
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12/22/51KABOOMArgus 2ArgusSoundingSuccess417km apogeeAltitude 417km
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12/26/51NSPPencil 7PencilSoundingFailure75km apogee
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2/7/52KABOOMArgus-Starling 1Argus-StarlingSoundingSuccess1013km apogee
I stopped updating records/firsts because TBH Kaboom will get them all.
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3/30/52NSPLegend 1LegendSoundingSuccess274km apogee
Maybe later I'll make a version without KABOOM to see what would have happened.
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5/11/52KABOOMPegasus 2ArgusSuborbital ManSuccess148km apogee
Marta Obolenskaya
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7/3/52NSPLegend 2LegendSoundingSuccess
Downrange, glide test
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7/3/52NSPBansai M3BansaiX-PlaneSuccessEugene Ruiz
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7/6/52KABOOMPegasus 2a/3ArgusSuborbital ManSuccess167km apogoeeAnatoly Epinger
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7/6/52NSPBansai M4BansaiX-PlaneSuccessIosif Polushin
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7/10/52JSAVeron 1Veron A-4TestFailure
Engine Failure, 6.5km apogee
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7/17/52CDIOverture 3Overture Block BSoundingFailureTank press. failure
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8/16/52KABOOMArgus-Starling 2Argus-StarlingSoundingSuccess
3,550km downrange
Marta Obolenskaya
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10/7/52NSPPencil 8PencilSoundingFailure
Apogee 93km. Sample return attempt.
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10/26/52KABOOMPegasus 3 (4?)ArgusSuborbital ManFailure
1.5km apogee, engine failure.
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11/23/52JSAKyro 4KyroSoundingSuccess
Apogee 166km, 200km downrange. Single engine failure.
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12/23/52KABOOMPegasus 3 (5?)ArgusSuborbital ManSuccess
187km apogee, science equipment.
Anatoly Epinger
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1/4/53CDIOverture 4?Overture Block ASoundingSuccessContract
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1/18/53NSPPencil 9PencilSoundingFailure
Contract, apogee 67km, engine/design failure.
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4/5/53NSPLegend 3LegendSoundingFailure
Apogee 133km. Sample return attempt. Engine or design failure, can't remember.
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4/24/53CDIOverture 5?Overture Block ASoundingSuccessContract
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5/21/53NSPPencil 10Pencil DuoSoundingSuccess
Contract, 110km apogee
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8/3/53NSPBansai M5BansaiX-PlaneSuccessAlisa Yolkina
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9/13/53JSADerin 1DerinSupersonic ManSuccess3.2km apogeeSemyon Belov
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10/3/53NSPLegend 4Legend MSupersonic ManPartial
Vehicle disintegrated at mach 4, goals reached, pilot survived.
Grigory Statnik
Manned speed record ~mach 4, manned altitude record 30km
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10/27/53CDIOverture 6?Overture Block CSoundingSuccess
636km apogee, returned sample capsule
Altitude 636km
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12/24/53NSPPencil 11Pencil DuoSoundingFailure
25km apogee. Ullage and aero failures.
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12/30/53JSAKyro 5KyroSoundingSuccess276.2km
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4/26/54NSPLegend 5LegendSoundingSuccess
171km apogee, returned sample capsule
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5/14/54NSPPencil 12Pencil DuoSoundingSuccess449km apogee
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6/30/54CDIOverture 7Overture Block C2SoundingSuccess
Did not meet downrange goal, but reached an altitude of 900km.
Altitude 900km
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7/17/54NSPLegend-Pencil 1Legend-PencilSoundingPartial
1437km apogee, premature engine shutdown
Altitude 1437km
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8/28/54JSADerin 2DerinSupersonic ManSuccess11.2km apogee
Zhanna Pushkina
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11/26/54NSPLegend-Pencil 2Legend-PencilSoundingSuccess
795km apogee, 4000+km downrange.
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12/13/54JSAKierre 1KierreSoundingSuccess294.4km apogee
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12/23/54NSPKari 1KariTestPartial
Ullage failure. Test of orbital rocket second stage.
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2/3/55CDIRevolution 1RevolutionSuborbital ManSuccess
143km apogee, 10.5g re-entry
Carl CampbellMan in space
Manned altitude record 143km, maybe manned speed record, unknown.
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3/29/55NSPLegend 6LegendSoundingSuccess
Film return from space.
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8/8/55NSPOpus 1Opus DevTestPartial1214.5km apogee
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11/29/55NSPLegend 7Legend MSupersonic ManSuccessReached Mach 5+Alisa Yolkina
Hypersonic (wo)man
Manned Speed Record ~Mach 5
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12/3/55NSPZorro M1ZorroX-PlaneSuccessGrigory Statnik
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3/26/56NSPOpus 2Opus DevTestFailure
Engine failure shortly after takeoff
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8/14/56NSPOpus 3Opus DevTestSuccess2016km apogeeAltitude 2016km
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