NASA Space Program

Human Space Flights

 Mission

 Crew

 Date

 Goal
 Mercury- Redstone 3  Shepard  5/5/61

 1.Orbit a manned spacecraft around Earth

2. Examine how man functions in space

3. Recover man and spacecraft safely

 Mercury- Redstone 4  Grissom  7/21/61
 Mercury-Atlas 6  Glenn  2/20/62
 Mercury-Atlas 7  Carpenter  5/24/62
 Mercury-Atlas 8  Schirra  10/3/62
 Mercury-Atlas 9  Cooper  5/15-16/63
 Gemini-Titan III  Grissom, Young  3/23/65

 

1. Space flights up to 2 weeks

2. Meet and dock orbiting vehicles

  Gemini-Titan IV  McDivitt, White  6/3-7/65
  Gemini-Titan V  Cooper, Conrad  8/21-29/65
  Gemini-Titan VII  Borman, Lovell  12/4-18/65
  Gemini-Titan VI-A  Schiria, Stafford  12/15-16/65
  Gemini-Titan VIII  Armstrong, D. Scott  3/16/66
  Gemini-Titan IX-A  Stafford, Cernan  6/3-6/66
  Gemini-Titan X  Young, M. Collins  7/18-21/66
  Gemini-Titan XI  Conrad, Gordon  9/12-15/66
  Gemini-Titan XII  Lovell, Aldrin  11/11-15/66
 Apollo-Saturn 7  Schirra, Eisele, Cunningham  10/11-22/68

 

1. Scientific exploration of the Moon

 Apollo-Saturn 8  Borman, Lovell, Anders  12/21-27/68
 Apollo-Saturn 9  McDivitt, D. Scott, Schweickart  3/3-13/69
 Apollo-Saturn 10  Stafford, Young, Cernan  5/18-26/69
 Apollo-Saturn 11  Armstrong, M. Collins, Aldrin  7/16-24/'69
 Apollo-Saturn 12  Conrad, Gordon, Bean  11/14-24/69
 Apollo-Saturn 13  Lovell, Swigert, Haise  4/11-17/70
 Apollo-Saturn 14  Sheperd, Roosa, Mitchell  1/31-2/9/71
 Apollo-Saturn 15  D. Scott, Worden, Irwin  7/26-8/7/71
 Apollo-Saturn 16  Young, Mattingly, Duke  4/16-27/72
 Apollo-Saturn 17  Cernan, Evans, Schmitt  12/7-19/72
 Skylab SL-2  Conrad, Kerwin, Weitz  5/25-6/22/73

 

1. To prove man could live and work in space

2. To expand knowledge of solar astronomy

 Skylab SL-3  Bean, Garriott, Lousma  7/28-9/25/73
 Skylab SL-4  Carr, E. Gibson, Pogue  11/16/73-2/8/74
 Apollo-Soyuz Test  Stafford, Brand, Slayton  7/15-24/75  1. To test compatability of systems of American and Soviet spacecraft

 Space Shuttle

Over 90 missions

 Discovery
 Columbia
 Atlantis
 Endeavour
 Challenger

As of April 1996 the total number of crew members flown was 432.

Total men = 370 (181 individuals) Total women=55 (26 individuals)

 From April 1981 to January 1999

 

1. To improve access to space

2. 1st reusable space vehicle

3. Most reliable and versatile launch system

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