1960s (FASA)
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Reference Stardate -1/6000 through -1/6900
1961
April
- RSD -1/6104.12 (12 April): Vostok I carries the first man into space. The craft orbits for one revolution of 108 minutes, and an apogee of 302.3km and a perigee of 176.3km. This historic first keeps the USSR in the lead in the "space race."[1]
- RSD -1/6100: The United States launches Mercury 3, a one-man, suborbital, 15-minute flight in preparation for its first orbital mission in 1962. The Mercury missions will last from 1961-1963.[1]
1963
- RSD -1/6300: Vostok VI carries the first woman into space, staying aloft for 45 revolutions. Maneuvering the capsule, she approaches to within 5km of the companion Vostok V.[1]
1965
- RSD -1/6500: The first spacewalk is accomplished by Aleksei Leonov aboard the Voskhod II spacecraft.[1]
- RSD -1/6500: The accelerated United States space program has five successful Gemini missions this year.[1]
1967
- RSD -1/6700: The first international outer space treaty is signed, addressing the global implications of spaceflight by stressing both the peaceful exploration of space and the need to extend the rule of law into the skies. "The exploration and use of outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, shall be carried out for the benefit, and in the interest of, all mankind."[1]
January
- RSD -1/6701.26 (26 January): Captain John Christopher, an Air Force interceptor pilot, reports a UFO, but it soon disappears from view. The UFO is actually the U.S.S. Enterprise, warped back in time and appearing in Earth's atmosphere over the United States of America.[2]
1968
- RSD -1/6800: In an historic first, the 3-man crew of Apollo 8 journeys around the moon, observing and photographing the natural satellite and viewing "Earthrise."[1]
March
- RSD -1/6803.29 (29 March): Traveling in time, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise encounters Supervisor 194, Gary Seven, on an assignment to prevent 20th-century Earth from destroying itself in nuclear war.[2]
1969
July
- RSD -1/6807.20 (20 July): The age-old dream of landing a man on the moon is accomplished by Apollo 11, whose Lunar Module lands in the Sea of Tranquility. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin remain on the surface for 21 hours 36 minutes.[1][2]
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