1960s (FASA)

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Reference Stardate -1/6000 through -1/6900

1961

• Vostok 1 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 Russia in the lead in the "space race."
• 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.

1963

• 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.

1965

• The first spacewalk is accomplished by Aleksei Leonov aboard the Voskhod II spacecraft.
• The accelerated United States space program has five successful Gemini missions this year.

1967

• 26 January (Reference Stardate -1/6701.26): Captain John Christopher, an Air Force interceptor pilot, reports a UFO, but it soon disappears from view. The UFO is the Enterprise, warped back in time and appearing in Earth's atmosphere over the United States of America.

1968

• 29 March (Reference Stardate -1/6803.29): Traveling in time, the crew of the Enterprise encounters Supervisor 194, Gary Seven, on an assignment to prevent 20th-century Earth (aka Terra) from destroying itself in nuclear war.
• In an historic first, the 3-man crew of Apollo 8 journeys around the moon, observing and photographing the natural satellite and viewing "Earthrise."

1969

• 20 July (Reference Stardate -1/6807.20): 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. The two astronauts remain on the surface for 21 hours 36 minutes.

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