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San Marco 1

December 15, 1964

Italy
Conduct ionospheric research

Unmanned
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San Marco 1, also known as San Marco A, was the first Italian satellite, and one of the earliest non-Soviet/US spacecraft.

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Date Launched
Nation
Mission
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Unmanned

Voskhod 2

March 18, 1965

Soviet Union
To show that humans could survive independently in space, outside of a craft, given an appropriate suit.

Pavel Belyayev

Alexey Leonov
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Alexey Leonov performs the first manned spacewalk during Voskhod 2

Leonov began his spacewalk 90 minutes into the mission at the end of the first orbit

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Gemini Titan III

March 23, 1965

United States
The mission's primary goal was to test the new, maneuverable Gemini spacecraft

Gemini 3 was the first manned mission in NASA's Gemini program, the second American manned space program.
Manned/ Unmanned

Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom
John W. Young

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Gemini 4

June 3, 1965,

USA

the first attempt to make a space rendezvous, to perform many scientific experiments in space, and to investigate the use of celestial navigation for lunar flight in the Apollo program.
Manned:

James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
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Gemini 4 (officially Gemini IV) was the second manned space flight in NASA's Project Gemini, occurring in June 1965. It was the tenth manned American spaceflight (including two X-15 flights at altitudes exceeding 100 kilometers (54 nmi))

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Gemini Titan 5

August 21, 1965

USA
The first major event on the mission was the ejection of the Radar Evaluation Pod (REP) at 2 hours and 13 minutes into the flight.
Manned:
L. Gordon Cooper, Jr.
Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr.

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