Launch Date	USA	USSR
1952-06-18	Blunt reentry vehicle concept advocated.
1953-03-01	Research on 1 million lb thrust engine begun.
1955-03-01	Feasibility of million-pound-thrust liquid-fueled rocket engine established
1956-01-10	First test of 400,000+ lb thrust engine.
1956-02-01	USAF RFP - Manned Ballistic Rocket Research System
1956-06-01		First studies by Korolev OKB of manned spacecraft
1956-11-01	Million pound thrust test stand activiated.
1957-01-01		USSR starts ion engine development
1957-04-01	Studies of a large clustered-engine booster
1957-12-01	Mercury ballistic shape proposed.
1957-12-10	National Integrated Missile and Space Vehicle Development Program
1957-12-30	Saturn I first proposed.
1958-01-01	NASA sketches two-crew Mercury follow-on spacecraft	Work begun on Vostok spacecraft and third stage
1958-01-15	Eleven proposals for Project 7969 initial manned spacecraft
1958-01-29	Conference reviews concepts for manned orbital vehicles.
1958-01-31	USAF proposes NACA participation in the Air Force effort in the manned ballistic rocket program.
1958-02-10	Expanded NACA program of space flight research proposed
1958-03-01	Manned satellite development plan studied.
1958-03-10	MISS Working Conference
1958-03-12	The NACA staff completed a program outline for conducting the manned satellite program.
1958-03-20		Soviet lunar probes authorised.
1958-05-01		Korolev OKB cancels suborbital manned flights
1958-06-05	Advanced Research Projects Agency manned space project.
1958-06-22	NACA space budget
1958-06-23	Preliminary design begun on F-1 - 1.5 million pounds thrust rocket engine
1958-07-01		Korolev letter to Politburo
1958-07-16	Congress passed the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958.
1958-07-29	Saturn I initial contract.
1958-08-01	Eisenhower assigns the manned space flight program to NASA.
1958-08-06	Rocketdyne gets F-1 engine contract.
1958-08-15	Saturn I project initiated by ARPA.
1958-09-01	Redstone Arsenal begins Saturn I design studies.
1958-09-02		Launch of Soviet Luna probes authorised.
1958-09-11	Letter contract for the development of the Saturn H-1 rocket engine
1958-09-23	Juno V project objective changed to multistage carrier vehicle	Luna failure - booster disintegrated at T+92 seconds
1958-09-24	Basic plan for a manned satellite program.
1958-10-01	NASA created
1958-10-03	Plans of the Mercury manned satellite project presented to Advanced Research Projects Agency.
1958-10-06	Negotiations for Redstone and Jupiter launch vehicles for Mercury project.
1958-10-07	Project Mercury organized.
1958-10-09	Mercury air drop program for full-scale parachute and landing system development.
1958-10-11	Contract for development of the H-1 engine	Luna failure - booster disintegrated at T+104 seconds
1958-10-14	DX priority could be requested for NASA projects.
1958-10-17	Negotiations for Mercury Atlas launch vehicles
1958-10-21	Bidders' briefing for the Mercury Little Joe launch vehicle.
1958-10-23	Preliminary specifications for Mercury manned spacecraft
1958-10-25	Stever Committee report on the civilian space program
1958-10-27	Committee to determine Mercury astronaut qualifications.
1958-11-01	F-1 engine gets highest priority.
1958-11-03	Mercury astronaut training plans.
1958-11-05	Space Task Group (STG) organized to implement the manned satellite project
1958-11-07	Contractor briefing on the Mercury manned spacecraft
1958-11-14	Specifications for Mercury issued.
1958-11-24	Space Task Group orders first Mercury Atlas missile.
1958-11-26	Project Mercury named.
1958-12-01	Mercury Manned Space Capsule Source Selection Board.
1958-12-02	Redstone and Jupiter launch vehicle use on Mercury discussed.
1958-12-03	Army / NASA cooperative agreements
1958-12-04		Luna failure - booster core shut down at T+245 seconds
1958-12-08	Nine Atlas launch vehicles required for Project Mercury
1958-12-09	Mercury astronaut selection procedure.
1958-12-11	Eleven firms submitted proposals for the development of Mercury manned spacecraft.
1958-12-12	Mercury technical proposal assessment
1958-12-15	ABMA Briefing to NASA
1958-12-17	Rocketdyne gets contract to develop F-1 engine.
1958-12-29	Mercury Little Joe air frame contract.
1958-12-30	Space Task Group evaluation of industry proposals for Mercury.
1958-12-31	Letter-of-intent placed for Mercury Little Joe Test air frames.
1959-01-01	1 million pound engine demonstrated.	TMK Heavy Piloted Interplanetary Spacecraft
1959-01-02	Von Braun predicted manned circumlunar flight within ten years	Luna 1
1959-01-05	Mercury pilot selection qualifications
1959-01-06	NASA Large Booster Review Committee
1959-01-08	Redstones ordered for Mercury suborbital launches.
1959-01-09	McDonnell selected to produce the Mercury spacecraft.
1959-01-12	McDonnell awarded contract for Mercury project
1959-01-14	Preliminary negotiations with McDonnell on the Mercury spacecraft
1959-01-16	Eight Redstone and two Jupiter launch vehicles for Mercury
1959-01-19	Contract with Rocketdyne for development of the F-1 engine
1959-01-21	The screening of records for prospective Mercury astronauts began.
1959-01-25	Mercury pilot egress trainer received.
1959-01-26	NASA completed negotiations with McDonnell for the Mercury spacecraft.
1959-01-27	NASA National Space Vehicle Program
1959-01-30	Navy candidates for Project Mercury.
1959-02-01	NASA/USAF responsibilities for the first two Mercury Atlas firings.
1959-02-02	Booster name changed from Juno V to Saturn
1959-02-05	Working Group on Lunar Exploration established by NASA
1959-02-06	Formal contract for 12 Mercury spacecraft with McDonnell.
1959-02-07	Medical tests for the Mercury astronaut selection started.
1959-02-10	Wiind tunnel tests of Project Mercury configuration models were started.
1959-02-12	Atlas launch vehicles in Project Mercury.
1959-02-15	NASA Booster Development Plan for 60's
1959-02-17	Exploration of the moon a NASA responsibility
1959-02-20	Long-range objectives of the NASA space program
1959-03-01	Heatshield test of Mercury at lunar reentry speeds	OKB-1 preliminary work on circumlunar spacecraft
1959-03-06	Thrust chamber of the Saturn F-1 engine successfully static-fired
1959-03-08	Mercury abort test conducted at Wallops Island
1959-03-09	Tests on several ablating materials for Mercury heat shield.
1959-03-10	Lack of a DX priority delaying Project Mercury.
1959-03-11	First full-scale test simulating a Mercury pad-abort situation.
1959-03-13	Saturn System Study
1959-03-16	Purchase of five developmental pressure suits for Project Mercury.
1959-03-17	Mercury mock-up inspection.
1959-03-23	DX priority procurement rating in support of Project Mercury.
1959-03-26	Hypersonic flight tests for the Mercury spacecraft.
1959-03-30	Space Task Group personnel observe Jupiter launch vehicle firing.
1959-04-01	Goett Committee to study advanced manned space flight missions
1959-04-02	Seven astronauts selected for Mercury project.
1959-04-09	First group of US astronauts announced
1959-04-10	Mercury escape-motor canting-angle tests completed at Wallops Island.
1959-04-12	Mercury impact tests
1959-04-13	Mercury small-scale escape-tower combinations launched
1959-04-15	Use of Titan for Saturn upper stages
1959-04-16	TF-102B and T-33 aircraft for Project Mercury astronauts.
1959-04-22	Tower configuration best escape system for the Mercury spacecraft.
1959-04-27	Mercury search and rescue procedures developed.
1959-05-01	Unmanned Lunar Soft Landing Vehicle
1959-05-03	First H-1 engine for the Saturn delivered
1959-05-06	Jastrow Committee on lunar exploration created.
1959-05-09	High-resolution photographs of the moon using Vega rocket
1959-05-17	Scale model of Mercury for launch from Wallops Island to mach 18.
1959-05-21	Specifications for Tracking and Ground Instrumentation System for Project Mercury
1959-05-22	The Project Mercury balloon flight test program was canceled.
1959-05-25	National booster program, Dyna-Soar, and Mercury discussed
1959-05-26	First H-1 engine for Saturn I fired.
1959-05-27	STG staff discusses the possibility of an advanced manned spacecraft
1959-05-28	First two Mercury Little Joe booster airframes delivered
1959-06-01	Recoverable Interplanetary Space Probe study
1959-06-03	Construction begins of the first Saturn launch complex
1959-06-04	Post-Mercury program using maneuverable Mercury spacecraft
1959-06-05	Saturn I launch complex construction starts.
1959-06-08	Mercury Big Joe spacecraft for the reentry test was delivered to Cape Canaveral.
1959-06-14	Mercury spacecraft being designed to withstand 149 decibels.
1959-06-18	NASA funded study of a lunar exploration program based on Saturn	Luna failure - inertial system failed at T+153 seconds
1959-06-21	STG worked on advanced design concepts of earth orbital and lunar missions
1959-06-22	Preliminary design of a two-man space laboratory.
1959-06-24	Eight Mercury Redstone launch vehicles final cost $20.1 million.
1959-06-25	Steps toward a manned lunar landing
1959-06-28	Ablation materials for the Mercury Little Joe flights.
1959-07-01	Mercury astronaut MASTIF training.
1959-07-08	Jupiter deleted as Mercury launch vehicle.
1959-07-12	Instrumentation to measure noise level during the Mercury Big Joe-Atlas launching.
1959-07-20	Mercury tracking station contractor selected.
1959-07-22	Goodrich selected for the Mercury astronaut pressure suit
1959-07-28	Second beach abort test leading to the Mercury Little Joe test series.
1959-07-30	Contract to Western Electric for the Mercury tracking and ground instrumentation system.
1959-08-01	Static firing of the first Saturn planned for early 1960
1959-08-06	F-102 for Mercury astronaut flight proficiency
1959-08-12	NASA's future manned space program
1959-08-14	Negotiations for the fabrication of six additional Mercury spacecraft.
1959-08-15	Mercury astronauts began their initial centrifuge training
1959-08-18	First major new NASA project to be a second-generation reentry capsule
1959-08-28	Additional Atlas launch vehicles in support of Project Mercury.
1959-08-31	Lunar flights to originate from space platforms in earth orbit
1959-09-01	Mercury spacecraft modified to withstand lunar reentry conditions
1959-09-02	Mercury LJ-1
1959-09-10	Mercury spacecraft mock-up review
1959-09-12		Luna 2
1959-09-16	Plans for advanced launch vehicles
1959-09-21	Effects of sustained acceleration on the pilot's ability to control a vehicle.
1959-09-28	Lenticular-shaped vehicle proposed for the lunar mission
1959-10-01	Mercury air-supplied launch-vehicle control system.
1959-10-04		Luna 3
1959-10-13	Explorer VII
1959-10-21	Transfer to NASA of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency's Development Operations Division
1959-11-01	Mercury spacesuit delivered.
1959-11-02	Transfer of Saturn I project to NASA announced.
1959-11-05	Mercury astronauts fitted with pressure suits.
1959-11-08	Design of the Mercury Control Center was completed.
1959-11-27	Study group to recommend upper-stage configurations
1959-12-01	Mercury astronaut F-100 weightless flying training program
1959-12-04	Mercury Little Joe 2 (LJ-2)
1959-12-06	Plan for transferring the Army Ballistic Missile Agency and Saturn to NASA
1959-12-07	Engineering and cost study for a new Saturn configuration
1959-12-08	Steps to manned lunar flight and capsule-laboratory spacecraft
1959-12-09	Goett Committee
1959-12-15	Saturn upper stage study.
1959-12-22	Redstone for Mercury MR-1 installed on the interim test stand.
1959-12-31	Mercury astronauts complete classroom training.	Nuclear propulsion work abandoned.
1960-01-11	Contract signed by NASA and the Western Electrice for the Mercury tracking network.
1960-01-14	Super booster program to be accelerated
1960-01-18	Mercury-Atlas flight test working group to become a standing coordination body.
1960-01-21	15 Atlas launch vehicles and 26 Mercury spacecraft purchased.
1960-01-28	NASA's Ten-Year Plan presented to Congress
1960-01-30	Manned lunar landing and return (MALLAR)
1960-01-31	Six chimpanzees ready for Mercury missions.
1960-02-01	Lunar Exploration Program Based Upon Saturn Systems
1960-02-10	NASA Space Exploration Council
1960-02-15	Lunar Program Based on Saturn Systems
1960-02-29	Eleven companies submitted contract proposals for the Saturn second stage
1960-03-01	Mercury-Atlas working panels	20 Cosmonaut candidates report for Vostok training
1960-03-03	Advanced manned space flight program
1960-03-11	Pioneer V
1960-03-15	Saturn I transferred to NASA.
1960-03-16	The Space Task Group published recovery requirements for the Mercury-Atlas 1 (MA-1) flight test.
1960-03-19	Mercury tracking agreements with foreign countries
1960-03-21	Chance Vought study of the lunar orbit rendezvous method
1960-03-24	Mercury model Re-entry vehicle test
1960-03-28	Two H-1's fired together.
1960-04-01	Mercury astronauts complete centrifuge training.
1960-04-05	Houbolt paper on rendezvous in space with minimum expenditure of fuel
1960-04-06	Four H-1's fired together.
1960-04-12	First production Mercury capsule delivered.
1960-04-15		Luna failure - third stage insufficient delta V
1960-04-16		Luna failure at lift-off
1960-04-26	Douglas to build the second stage (S-IV) of the Saturn C-1
1960-04-29	Mercury tracking agreements completed.
1960-04-30	MIT Report on space guidance and control design
1960-05-01	Production of the manned space flight configuration of the Mercury pressure suit was started.
1960-05-02	Proposed advanced manned spacecraft program presented to von Braun
1960-05-03	Proposed advanced manned spacecraft program presented to Lewis Research Center
1960-05-04	Ranger project named
1960-05-05	STG and Grumman discuss advanced spacecraft programs
1960-05-09	Beach Abort 1
1960-05-15		Korabl-Sputnik 1
1960-05-16	Meeting on space rendezvous at Langley
1960-05-25	Advanced Vehicle Team to make preliminary design for advanced multiman spacecraft
1960-05-26	Assembly of the first Saturn flight booster began
1960-05-31	Selection of Rocketdyne for the J-2 rocket engine
1960-06-08	Full Saturn I engine cluster full duration test.
1960-06-15	Saturn C-1 first stage completed test series
1960-06-18	Atlas launch vehicle 50-D was delivered for the first Mercury-Atlas mission (MA-1).
1960-06-21	Radiation and its effect on manned space flight
1960-06-23		Soviet plan for mastery of space issued.
1960-06-27	Mercury Project Orbit
1960-07-05	House recommends a high priority manned expedition to the moon
1960-07-12	Mercury astronaut desert survival training
1960-07-14	Space Exploration Program Council
1960-07-25	Name Apollo approved for the advanced manned space flight program
1960-07-28	Apollo Program Announced	Korabl-Sputnik
1960-07-29	Mercury MA-1
1960-08-03	Redstone launch vehicle No. 1 was delivered to Cape Canaveral for the MR-1 (Mercury-Redstone).
1960-08-13	Army mapping of lunar landing sites completed.
1960-08-19		Korabl-Sputnik 2
1960-08-30	Industry briefing on feasibility studies for the Apollo spacecraft
1960-09-01	Apollo Project Office formed
1960-09-02	Accelerated joint planning effort for NASA
1960-09-10	Contract for development of the Saturn J-2 engine
1960-09-13	Apollo Study Bidder's Conference
1960-09-20	Mercury Atlas launch vehicle 67-D delivered to Cape Canaveral
1960-09-26	Roll-out inspection of Mercury Atlas launch vehicle 77-D
1960-09-30	Space Exploration Program Council
1960-10-05	Discussion of Saturn and Apollo guidance integration
1960-10-09	Contractors' proposals for an advanced manned spacecraft
1960-10-17	Mercury weather support group formed.
1960-10-21	Design constraints for in-house study of the Apollo spacecraft
1960-10-25	Apollo Initial Study Contracts
1960-10-28	Air Force lunar base briefing to NASA
1960-11-02	Lunar atlas prepared by USAF.
1960-11-03	US Geological Survey studies of lunar geology
1960-11-08	Mercury Little Joe 5 (LJ-5)
1960-11-18	Mercury Spacecraft No. 8 delivered to Cape Canaveral
1960-11-21	An attempt was made to launch Mercury-Redstone 1 (MR-1) from Cape Canaveral.
1960-11-29	Briefing on the Apollo and Saturn programs
1960-12-01		Korabl-Sputnik 3
1960-12-02	Saturn I static firing.
1960-12-06	First technical review of the General Electric Apollo feasibility study
1960-12-07	Martin presented the first technical review of its Apollo feasibility study
1960-12-10	Lunar orbit method of accomplishing the lunar landing mission
1960-12-13	Saturn transport barge commissioned.
1960-12-14	Frst technical review of the Convair Apollo feasibility study
1960-12-19	Mercury MR-1A
1960-12-22	MIT proposal for a study of a navigation and guidance system for Apollo	Korabl-Sputnik
1960-12-29	Grumman began work on a lunar orbit rendezvous study
1961-01-03	NASA Space Task Group made official.
1961-01-05		State Commission Meeting
1961-01-06	Low Committee established
1961-01-11	Progress made in mapping the moon
1961-01-19	Studies of manned lunar and interplanetary expeditions
1961-01-20	Space Task Group management discusses a follow-on Mercury program.
1961-01-25	Study on the feasibility of refueling a spacecraft in orbit
1961-01-26	Saturn C-1 changed to a two-stage configuration
1961-01-30	James E Webb named as NASA Administrator
1961-01-31	Saturn first stage recovery system study
1961-02-01	Astronaut personal parachute in the Mercury program.
1961-02-07	Final report of the Low Committee
1961-02-10	Voice message sent by way of the moon
1961-02-13	Beginning of Gemini
1961-02-17	Rules for the Mercury MA-2
1961-02-21	First Mercury crews selected.
1961-02-24	Mercury spacecraft No. 9 was delivered to Cape Canaveral
1961-02-25	Successful drop test using Mercury boilerplate.
1961-03-01	Current Saturn launch vehicle configurations announced
1961-03-03	Mercury Atlas launch vehicle No. 100-D rolled out.
1961-03-07	First flight Saturn I on test stand.
1961-03-09		Korabl-Sputnik 4
1961-03-14	Mercury Atlas launch vehicle 100-D delivered to Cape Canaveral
1961-03-15	Mercury Bermuda tracking station agreement.
1961-03-16	Mercury spacecraft No. 10 was withdrawn from the flight program
1961-03-18	Mercury LJ-5A
1961-03-20	Phase III of the Mercury spacecraft airdrop program
1961-03-21	The Mercury-Atlas Missile Range Projects Office designated as a staff function
1961-03-23	Configuration changes for the Saturn C-1 launch vehicles	Cosmonaut Bondarenko dies at age of 24.
1961-03-24	Mercury MR-3A (cancelled)
1961-03-25		Korabl-Sputnik 5
1961-03-29	Convair selects M-1 design for Apollo in preference to lenticular configuration
1961-03-30	RIFT flight briefed to contractors.
1961-03-31	All stations of NASA's world-wide Mercury tracking network were classed as being operational.
1961-04-04	Mercury crew refresher centrifuge training.
1961-04-06	1,640 million pounds of thrust achieved in static- firing of the F-1 engine
1961-04-12	President Kennedy says United States second to Russia in space	Vostok 1
1961-04-14	Apollo Congressional hearings.	Gagarin returns to Moscow
1961-04-20	Prospector vs Apollo program
1961-04-25	Mercury MA-3
1961-04-28	Dynasoar launch by Saturn I studied.
1961-04-29	Saturn I fight qualification.
1961-04-30	Air transport of the Saturn C-1 second stage feasible
1961-05-01	Webb warns of Mercury failures.
1961-05-02	Mercury MR-3 postponed.
1961-05-03		The draft project of the TKS Heavy Space Station was completed
1961-05-05	First draft of the Apollo spacecraft specification
1961-05-07	Initial Study Contracts
1961-05-08	S-IV satisfactory for Apollo missions
1961-05-09	Kennedy decision to allow MR-3 flight defended.
1961-05-11	Mercury spacecraft 8A delivered to Cape Canaveral
1961-05-13		Soviet response to Apollo program
1961-05-15	Final study contract reports.
1961-05-17	Mercury MA-3 investigation board
1961-05-20		Vostok 2 discussions
1961-05-22	Second draft of the Apollo spacecraft specification
1961-05-25	Kennedy Proclaims Moon Landing Objective
1961-05-26	Freedom 7 displayed at Paris Air Show.
1961-05-29	Ranger booster erected.
1961-05-31	Reevaluation of the Saturn C-2 to support circumlunar missions
1961-06-01	Change in the Saturn C-1 configuration	Moon program go-ahead in response to U.S. start
1961-06-02	Saturn I transport route interdicted.
1961-06-05	Saturn I launch complex completed.
1961-06-07	Preliminary study of Little Joe Senior
1961-06-08	Mercury-Atlas 4 (MA-4) recovery requirements were published.
1961-06-10	Lundin Committee recommended earth orbit rendezvous mode
1961-06-13	Freedom 7 exhibited in Rome.
1961-06-16	Fleming Committee Report: lunar mission could be accomplished within the decade
1961-06-22	First decision on Apollo launch vehicles
1961-06-23	NASA / DOD agree to define support requirements.
1961-06-26	Saturn I barge replacement.
1961-06-29	Mercury Atlas vehicle 88-D roll-out
1961-06-30	Project Apollo feasibility studies assessed
1961-07-07	NASA and DoD to study development of large launch vehicles
1961-07-11	F-1 engine begins static testing.
1961-07-12	First large space simulator in the United States
1961-07-13	Mercury MR-6 static engine test
1961-07-15	Mercury Atlas launch vehicle 88-D delivered to Cape Canaveral
1961-07-18	NASA-Industry Apollo Technical Conference
1961-07-19	Mercury MR-4 launch scrubbed.
1961-07-20	Large Launch Vehicle Planning Group
1961-07-21	Mercury MR-4
1961-07-24	Changes in Saturn launch vehicle configurations
1961-07-27	Advanced Mercury concepts
1961-07-28	NASA invitation to bids for Apollo prime contract
1961-07-31	NASA-DOD report on launch sites for Apollo
1961-08-01	McDonnell proposal for Gemini
1961-08-02	Apollo launch site study begun.
1961-08-05	First Saturn I leaves factory.
1961-08-06		Vostok 2
1961-08-07		Gagarin World Tour Completed
1961-08-07		Landing of Vostok 2
1961-08-09	First Apollo development contract
1961-08-14	First Saturn I arrives at Cape Canaveral.
1961-08-15		Chelomei begins UR-500 Proton design studies.
1961-08-16	First F-1 firing.
1961-08-18	Further Mercury suborbital flights cancelled.
1961-08-23	Ranger 1
1961-08-24	Merritt Island selected for Saturn V launch site.
1961-08-29	Ranger launchings would be increased to nine
1961-08-30	Investigation of the Mercury MR-4 explosive egress hatch.
1961-08-31	Chamberlain proposes lunar landing by Gemini
1961-09-05	Purchase of land for Saturn V launch facilities.
1961-09-07	Selection of Saturn first stage assembly plant
1961-09-11	North American selected to build S-II stage.
1961-09-13	Mercury MA-4
1961-09-17	36 companies invited to bid on the first stage of advanced Saturn
1961-09-18	Mission rules for the Mercury-Atlas 5 (MA-5) orbital flight.
1961-09-19	Selection of Houston for control center.
1961-09-22	Mercury ship recovery provisions.
1961-09-24	NASA reorganization
1961-09-25	S-IC fabrication plant manager named.
1961-09-26	Bidders conference for S-IC stage.
1961-10-01	Mercury ship recovery demonstration.
1961-10-03	S- IVB stage to have a single J-2 engine
1961-10-09	Bids received for Apollo prime contractor
1961-10-11	Presentations by industrial teams on the Apollo spacecraft
1961-10-12		TMK-1 draft project was completed.
1961-10-23	Freedom 7 deposited in Smithsonian.
1961-10-24	Nova launch vehicle studies begun.
1961-10-25	Saturn static test stand site selected.
1961-10-27
1961-10-28		Zenit-2 priority delays manned space flights
1961-10-29	Mercury-Scout launch announced.
1961-11-01	STG redesignated the Manned Spacecraft Center	Preliminary design work by Chelomei on UR-500 (Proton) rocket.
1961-11-06	Saturn S-II to use five J-2 engines
1961-11-12	Mercury 5 launch postponed
1961-11-15	Houbolt letter on lunar orbit rendezvous (LOR) plan	Development of RD-253 engine begun.
1961-11-16	Second decision on launch vehicles
1961-11-17	Contract issued for build of 20 Saturn I's.
1961-11-18	Ranger 2
1961-11-20	Rosen Group recommends direct ascent for the lunar landing mission mode
1961-11-24	Bid Evaluation for Prime Contractor Completed
1961-11-27	Apollo spacecraft Statement of Work expanded
1961-11-28	North American awarded Apollo prime contract
1961-11-29	Mercury MA-5
1961-11-30	Mercury Atlas launch vehicle 109-D delivered to Cape Canaveral
1961-12-04	Project Apollo Statement of Work completed
1961-12-06	Preliminary project plan for the Mercury Mark II program
1961-12-07	Mercury manned orbital flight postponed.
1961-12-14	Mercury spacecraft to be a test bed for more ambitious space programs.
1961-12-15	McDonnell given letter contract for Gemini
1961-12-20	Douglas named contractor for Saturn S-IVB stage
1961-12-21	Saturn C-5 launch vehicle configuration selected
1961-12-28	Titan 2 first ground test.
1962-01-01	Grumman study on lunar orbit rendezvous	Development of RD-270 engine begun
1962-01-03	"""Gemini"" became the official designation of the Mercury Mark II program."
1962-01-05	Three-man Apollo spacecraft, Saturn C-5 launch vehicle announced
1962-01-11	In State of the Union message Kennedy discusses moon program
1962-01-15	Apollo Spacecraft Project Office established	Proton configuration selected.
1962-01-16	Mercury spacecraft 16 delivered to Cape Canaveral
1962-01-18		Korolev requests new Vostoks
1962-01-22	First Apollo engineering order issued
1962-01-26	Ranger 3
1962-01-27	Mercury MA-6 postponed at T-minus 29 minutes
1962-01-30	Mercury MA-6 postponed
1962-01-31	Preliminary layouts of the Apollo command module
1962-02-01	Mercury MA-6 scheduled
1962-02-06	Langley presentation of lunar orbit rendezvous
1962-02-07	Kennedy comments on moon program
1962-02-09	General Electric selected for Apollo support
1962-02-13	Contract for Apollo launch escape system rocket
1962-02-14	Mercury MA-6 postponed.
1962-02-16	Delay of Mercury MA-6 schedule
1962-02-17		Immediate Vostok launches demanded
1962-02-18	NASA announced Project Fire
1962-02-20	Mercury MA-6	Vostok 3/4 training
1962-02-25	Factory roll-out inspection of Mercury Atlas launch vehicle 107-D.
1962-02-26	John Glenn Day in Washington, D.C.
1962-02-28	Little Joe dropped for Apollo tests
1962-03-01	Chance Vought to study spacecraft rendezvous
1962-03-02	Marquardt to build the reaction control rocket engines for the Apollo spacecraft
1962-03-03	Aerojet-General named for the Apollo service module propulsion system
1962-03-05		Vostok 3/4 delayed
1962-03-06	Mercury Atlas launch vehicle 107-D delivered to Cape Canaveral
1962-03-07	Orbiting Solar Observatory (OSO)
1962-03-08	Contract for the Apollo spacecraft fuel cell to Pratt & Whitney
1962-03-12	Apollo program moved to Houston
1962-03-15	Carpenter replaces Slayton on Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7)
1962-03-18	Saturn C-5 first launch scheduled in the last quarter of 1965
1962-03-25	Little Joe II test launch vehicle development approved
1962-03-29	Chance Vought briefed on lunar orbit rendezvous
1962-03-31	The configuration of the Gemini spacecraft was formally frozen.
1962-04-01	Design criteria of the Apollo service module for the lunar landing maneuver
1962-04-04	Mockup of the Apollo command module made public
1962-04-06	Thiokol selected for Apollo launch escape tower jettison motors
1962-04-11	DX (highest) priority for the Apollo program
1962-04-12		First Soviet announcement of manned lunar goals
1962-04-13		N1 development slowed.
1962-04-20		OP -Orbital Belt
1962-04-23	Ranger 4
1962-04-24	Indecision on the lunar mission mode causing delays in Apollo program	Approval to proceed with the UR-500 (8K82) was provided in a Central Committee decree
1962-04-25
1962-04-30	Swimmer training for Mercury MA-7
1962-05-01		Advanced project for the Proton UR-500 completed
1962-05-06	Preliminary Statement of Work for Apollo lunar excursion module
1962-05-07	Mercury MA-7 delays
1962-05-11	Convair contract for the Little Joe II launch vehicle
1962-05-12	Project Gemini cost estimates had tripled from the original estimate of $250 million.
1962-05-15		UR-500 advanced project published.
1962-05-17	Mercury MA-7 postponed a second time
1962-05-19	Mercury MA-7 postponed a third time
1962-05-24	Mercury MA-7
1962-05-26	Saturn F-1 engine first fired at full power
1962-05-29	Mobile launcher concept for the Saturn C-5 approved
1962-06-07	von Braun recommends lunar orbit rendezvous mode for Apollo
1962-06-16	100 percent oxygen atmosphere for Apollo would save 30 pounds
1962-06-21	Microcircuits to be used on the Apollo computer
1962-06-27		US Plans in Space
1962-06-30	Study of repair of J-2 engine in space
1962-07-01	Hamilton Standard to develop the Apollo space suit
1962-07-10	First Apollo mockup inspection
1962-07-11	Selection of LOR as Apollo Mission Mode
1962-07-17	Nuclear blasts to clear inner radiation belts for Apollo
1962-07-20	NASA Mission Control Center would be located at Houston
1962-07-21	Apollo advanced Saturn launch complex northwest of Cape Canaveral
1962-07-25	Invitation to bid for the Apollo lunar excursion module
1962-07-27	Mercury Atlas launch vehicle No. 113-D accepted	First Zero-G training on Tu-104
1962-07-31	Design of heatshield for Apollo boilerplates completed
1962-08-01		Russian methods for sending a man to the moon
1962-08-02	Apollo lunar bus
1962-08-07	Apollo BP- 25 impact test in the Pacific Ocean
1962-08-08	Two Apollo lunar logistic studies
1962-08-11	NASA schedule for Apollo command and service modules	Vostok 3
1962-08-12		Vostok 4
1962-08-13	Ten Air Force pilots spend a month in a simulated space cabin
1962-08-14	LEM added to Apollo CSM Statement of Work
1962-08-15	Manned Spacecraft Center reviewed engineering mock-up of the Gemini spacecraft.
1962-08-15		Landing of Vostok 3
1962-08-15		Landing of Vostok 4
1962-08-16	S-IV successfully static-fired for the first time
1962-08-17	Carl Sagan warned scientists of need for sterilization of lunar spacecraft
1962-08-22	Contractor for Apollo CM reaction controls changed	Future Vostok flight plans discussed
1962-08-25		Sputnik 19
1962-08-27		Female Vostok flights delayed to 1963
1962-08-30		Korolev supports military Vostok flights
1962-08-31	Limited testing planned of fire hazards in pure oxygen atmosphere for Apollo
1962-09-04	Nine industry proposals for the Apollo lunar excursion module received
1962-09-05	Studies of Apollo unmanned logistic system
1962-09-06	Apollo mockups, and boilerplates deleted
1962-09-07	Apollo boilerplate model BP-1 accepted by NASA
1962-09-08	Mercury Atlas vehicle 113-D static-fired
1962-09-10	Apollo command module boilerplate model BP-3 shipped
1962-09-12	President Kennedy spoke at Rice University
1962-09-18	Slayton designated Coordinator of Astronaut Activities
1962-09-24		N1 and GR-1 authorised.
1962-09-25		N1 launch vehicle upgraded to accomodate OS-1 75 tonne manned platform with nuclear weapons.
1962-09-26	Plans for Apollo Mississippi Test Facility
1962-09-30	Structural design of the Apollo command module 65 percent complete
1962-10-01	"Storm ""Daisy"" threatens Mercury MA-8"
1962-10-03	Mercury MA-8
1962-10-04	First full-duration static firing of the Apollo J-2 engine
1962-10-05	Schirra would have been killed if Mercury MA-8 had gone above 640 km
1962-10-07	The Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) press conference was held at the Rice University, Houston, Texas.
1962-10-09	Mercury spacecraft 20 delivered to Cape Canaveral
1962-10-15	Ranger 3 showed that gamma-rays greater than expected
1962-10-18	Ranger 5
1962-10-23	Gemini ground support equipment for Apollo program
1962-10-24	Final manned lunar landing mode report
1962-10-26	New numbering system for flight missions of the Apollo spacecraft
1962-10-30	Contract for production of the S-II stage signed
1962-10-31	NAA completed the firm-cost proposal for the definitive Apollo program
1962-11-01		Chelomei takes over Lavochkin and Myasishchev OKBs
1962-11-04	Mercury veteran Enos dies
1962-11-07	Selection of Grumman to build the Apollo lunar excursion module
1962-11-09	Raytheon contracted for the Apollo spacecraft guidance computer	Plans for additional Vostoks quashed
1962-11-12		Plans for Vostok female cosmonaut flight discussed.
1962-11-13	Cooper named for Mercury MA-9 1-day orbital mission
1962-11-15	Firings of the prototype Apollo service propulsion engine completed
1962-11-16	Mercury spacecraft 15A delivered to Cape Canaveral
1962-11-17	Four injured when an electrical spark ignited a fire in a Navy altitude chamber
1962-11-19		Female cosmonaut crew selection.
1962-11-26		General Staff rejects construction of additional Vostoks
1962-11-28	Mercury Simulator 2 modified to the 1-day configuration.
1962-11-29		Final tests for female cosmonauts.
1962-12-01	Mercury MA-9A (cancelled)	Soyuz draft project completed.
1962-12-03	Four firms to design the Apollo Vertical Assembly Building (VAB)
1962-12-04	First test of the Apollo main parachute system
1962-12-10	Selection of lunar orbit rendezvous for Apollo explained to Kennedy
1962-12-11	First static firing of the Apollo tower jettison motor
1962-12-21	Apollo CM boilerplate (BP) 3 delivered
1962-12-28	First test firings of the Apollo CM reaction control engines
1962-12-31	Static firings of the Apollo launch escape motor
1963-01-03	Mercury MA-9 flight to go 22 orbits.
1963-01-04		Sputnik 25
1963-01-10	Unmanned Apollo spacecraft to be flown on Saturn C-1
1963-01-14	Mercury spacecraft 15A was redesignated 15B and allocated as a backup for the MA-9 mission.
1963-01-17	Mercury MA-10 a possibility.
1963-01-18	Two aerodynamic strakes added to Apollo CM
1963-01-21		VVS Review of Soyuz
1963-01-22	Orbiting Space Station.
1963-01-26	New assignments for the seven original astronauts
1963-01-28	Philco prime contractor for the Mission Control Center
1963-01-30	Selection of four companies as major Apollo LEM subcontractors
1963-01-31		Smirnov opposed to dual female Vostok flight.
1963-02-01		Soyuz 'leaves drafting boards'
1963-02-03		E-6 s/n 2 failure.
1963-02-07	Simplified terminology for the Saturn booster series
1963-02-08	Department of Defense objectives in the Gemini program.
1963-02-12	Marion Power Shovel selected to build the Saturn V crawler-transport
1963-02-16		Plethora of projeects
1963-02-20	Saturn engine-out capability investigated
1963-02-24	Lunar Surface Experiments Panel
1963-03-01	Mercury spacecraft 9A completed Project Orbit Run 110.
1963-03-05	American agreement with Australia to build new tracking stations
1963-03-06	North American completed Apollo boilerplate (BP) 9
1963-03-07		Korolev approves draft plan for 'Soyuz Complex'
1963-03-11	First Apollo LM fire-in-the-hole model test
1963-03-13	First long-duration static test of Saturn SA-5 first stage
1963-03-14	Unmanned lunar orbiter spacecraft
1963-03-19	Chamberlin reassigned from Manager of Project Gemini.
1963-03-21		Design work starts on N1 launch complex.
1963-03-26	Beginning of Apollo CM environmental control system tests
1963-03-28
1963-04-02	Final contract with McDonnell for the Gemini spacecraft.	Luna 4
1963-04-03	Charles W Frick resigned as Apollo ASPO Manager
1963-04-10	Link to build Apollo lunar mission simulators
1963-04-17	Preliminary configuration freeze for the Apollo LEM
1963-04-22	Mercury Spacecraft 20 mated to Atlas launch vehicle
1963-04-28		N1 Plans
1963-04-30	NASA / Department of Defense dispute over Gemini management responsibility.
1963-05-01	Rocketdyne gvien go ahead for Apollo LEM descent engine	Nuclear N1 designs
1963-05-03	Qualification drop test series for the earth landing system
1963-05-11	STL to build the mechanically throttled descent engine for the Apollo LEM
1963-05-14	Attempt to launch Mercury MA-9
1963-05-15	Mercury MA-9
1963-05-16	Landing of Mercury MA-9
1963-05-22	Kennedy leaves decision to NASA for Mercury MA-10 flight
1963-05-23	Major redesign of the Apollo guidance computer
1963-05-31	First estimates of reliability for the Apollo LEM
1963-06-01	Most Apollo CM subsystem designs frozen	Tests of clustered Proton engines begun
1963-06-06	Mercury MA-10 pitched to Webb
1963-06-08	Mercury MA-10 environmental control system changes
1963-06-12	Skip lunar reentry trajectories studied for Apollo
1963-06-14		Vostok 5
1963-06-15		First tests of RD-253 engine cluster for Proton.
1963-06-16		Vostok 6
1963-06-19		Landing of Vostok 6
1963-06-19		Landing of Vostok 5
1963-06-20	Gemini sled test No. 2 at China Lake.
1963-06-22	Design of the Apollo CM's stabilization and control system frozen
1963-06-26	First full-scale firing of the Apollo SM engine
1963-06-28	Apollo Pioneer tri-conical solid parachutes canceled
1963-07-01	Apollo CM boilerplate 6 shipped
1963-07-03	STL go-ahead to develop a parallel descent engine for the Apollo LEM
1963-07-10	Prototype engine for the Apollo SM reaction control system
1963-07-15	271 applications for the astronaut program
1963-07-16	Testing of the launch escape system pitch control motor
1963-07-18	Pratt and Whitney to develop fuel cells for the Apollo LEM
1963-07-19	Marquardt begins development of the Apollo LEM reaction control thrusters
1963-07-23	George E Mueller named NASA Deputy Associate Administrator
1963-08-02	Grumman to design the LEM to have a thrusting capability with the Apollo CSM attached
1963-08-05	First static firing test of Saturn S-IV stage for SA-5
1963-08-30	Lunar Orbiter program approved
1963-08-31	Full-scale cardboard model of the Apollo LEM
1963-09-01	Design of control panel for the Apollo CM was 90 percent complete	Construction begins of N1 launch complex
1963-09-06	Apollo CM boilerplate destroyed during tests
1963-09-12	Unmanned lunar landing spacecraft to be sterilized
1963-09-16	Inspection of first Apollo LEM ascent stage mockup
1963-09-18	AiResearch awarded contract for the Apollo CM environmental system
1963-09-20	President Kennedy suggested Russian-American cooperation in space
1963-09-26	Apollo mission plans
1963-10-01	Mercury MA-10 (cancelled)
1963-10-04	Gemini spacecraft No. 1 arrived at Atlantic Missile Range and was transferred to Hangar AF.	Gagarin identified as head of lunar cosmonauts
1963-10-08	Joseph F Shea named manager of Apollo Spacecraft Project Office
1963-10-15	Mercury MA-11 (cancelled)
1963-10-24	NASA-Industry Apollo Executives Group
1963-10-30	Manned Saturn I earth orbital flights canceled
1963-10-31	First production F-1 engine delivered
1963-11-07	Apollo Pad Abort Mission 1
1963-11-08	Go-ahead to RCA to develop the Apollo LEM radar
1963-11-12	Contract for the construction of Saturn V LC-39A
1963-11-13		N1 launch site facility construction approved.
1963-11-15	Mercury MA-12 (cancelled)
1963-11-27	First long-duration test firing of Apollo J-2 engine
1963-11-28	John F Kennedy Space Center (KSC) named
1963-11-30	Apollo LEM tethered flight vehicle considered
1963-12-07		Crews for 1964
1963-12-11	Douglas contracted for 10 additional Apollo S-IVB stages
1963-12-13	NASA canceled five Ranger flights
1963-12-16	Safety for Apollo of breathing 100 percent oxygen at 5 psi for 30 days proven	Yerkina wedding
1963-12-19	First three prototype Apollo fuel cells delivered
1963-12-20	Boeing Company to build five Lunar Orbiter spacecraft
1963-12-24		N1 ground equipment construction authorised.
1963-12-26	Extension of Apollo systems to permit more extensive exploration of the lunar surface.
1963-12-31	Samuel C Phillips new NASA Deputy Director for Apollo Program
1964-01-11	Three U S Air Force test pilots in a simulated seven- day lunar landing mission
1964-01-15	Plans for testing the Apollo heatshield under reentry conditions
1964-01-16	First full-throttle firing of STL Apollo LEM descent engine
1964-01-19	George M Low assigned to the position of Deputy Director of MSC
1964-01-21	North American design concept for the Apollo Block II
1964-01-22	North American began deployment flights of the full-scale test vehicle for the Paraglider Landing System Program.
1964-01-23		Military Soviet on cosmonaut assignments
1964-01-27		Cosmonaut plans
1964-01-28	Agreement on space tracking station west of Madrid.
1964-01-29	Saturn 5
1964-01-30	Ranger 6
1964-02-01		Korolev's plans
1964-02-05		Soyuz mock-up
1964-02-10	Grumman to stop all work on the Apollo LEM Little Joe II program
1964-02-11	Apollo LEM to use an inertial reference system
1964-02-12		Kremlin meeting on lunar landing plans
1964-02-13	Studies on post-Apollo lunar exploration
1964-02-14	Apollo SM RCS to have emergency deorbit capability
1964-02-16	Grumman subcontracts for engines for the Apollo LEM
1964-02-19	Acceptance testing of prototype Apollo space suit
1964-02-20	All 12 Gemini flights to end in water landings.
1964-02-26	Lockheed recommendations on a scientific space station program.	Soyuz plans
1964-02-27	Apollo boilerplate (BP) 19 drop tested
1964-03-12	Apollo LEM propulsion as backup to the SM engine
1964-03-13		Voskhod spacecraft approved.
1964-03-14		Voskhod plans
1964-03-16	First prototype of the Apollo CM reentry battery was delivered
1964-03-21		Luna failure
1964-03-23	Apollo missions defined
1964-03-24	Apollo LEM mockup TM-1 inspection and review
1964-03-25	Boeing to develop the Lunar Orbiter spacecraft
1964-03-26	Boilerplate spacecraft No. 4 was subjected to its first drop from a test rig.
1964-03-30	Contract for production of 76 F-1 engines
1964-04-01	Contract for 27 prototype Apollo space suits
1964-04-02	Static firing of the Apollo LEM descent engine
1964-04-07	First of two Apollo lunar landing research vehicles completed
1964-04-08	Gemini 1
1964-04-13		Construction of nine Voskhod spacecraft approved.
1964-04-14	Phase I tests of the Apollo SM engine completed
1964-04-15	Demonstration of space suits using the LEM TM-1 mockup
1964-04-16	Apollo scientist-astronaut program planned
1964-04-17	Manned Apollo LEM drop tests
1964-04-20	IBM to build the instrument units for the Saturn launch vehicles	Luna failure
1964-04-23	First firing of a prototype thrust chamber for Apollo LEM descent engine
1964-04-24	Deletion of the Apollo LEM's front docking capability	Voskhod plans
1964-04-30	First Agena D for the Gemini program.
1964-05-07		Voskhod showdown
1964-05-12		Korolev's plans
1964-05-28	Saturn 6
1964-05-29		Voskhod passenger candidates
1964-06-04		Voskhod technical review
1964-06-14		Voskhod development approved.
1964-07-06		Voskhod crews selected.
1964-07-19		Korolev obtains preliminary approval for a single-launch, lunar orbit rendezvous, manned landing.
1964-07-21		Korolev's single-launch lunar scheme reviewed by the Chief Designers
1964-07-24		Voskhod flight slips
1964-07-28	Ranger 7
1964-08-01		Full scale development of Soviet manned lunar flyby and landing projects authorised.
1964-08-12		Voskhod State Commission
1964-08-15		Chief Designers review of Voskhod at OKB-1
1964-08-21		VPK Meeting on Voskhod
1964-08-31		Katys deleted from Voskhod prime crew.
1964-09-01		Construction start of N1 launch complex 110 east
1964-09-08		Crash at Fedosiya
1964-09-09		Voskhod preparations
1964-09-13		Cosmos 45
1964-09-14		Voskhod abort system
1964-09-18	Saturn 7	Voskhod State Commission
1964-09-29		Voskhod launch preparations
1964-09-30	Formal inspection of Block II Apollo CSM mockup
1964-10-02		Voskhod slips again
1964-10-03		Voskhod integration problems
1964-10-06		Cosmos 47
1964-10-07		Cosmos 47 returns to earth.
1964-10-08	Block I Apollo CM's heat rejection capability inadequate
1964-10-09	Weight reduction program for the Apollo LEM
1964-10-10		Voskhod-1 State Commission
1964-10-12		Voskhod 1
1964-10-13		Landing of Voskhod 1
1964-10-14	Qualification testing of the reentry batteries for the Apollo CM
1964-10-16	Three Apollo fuel cells operated in a simulated space vacuum
1964-10-17	IBM contract for the Apollo backup computer
1964-10-19	Work stopped on Apollo LTA 10	Voskhod 1 crew in Moscow
1964-10-20		Cosmonaut meeting at OKB-1
1964-10-22	Use of Gemini suits in Apollo Block I missions studied
1964-10-23	Surveyor Block II study related to the Apollo landing aid problem
1964-10-27	Samuel C Phillips named Director of Apollo Program
1964-10-28	Testing of the first flight-weight Apollo LEM fuel cell	Lunar project orders issued to industry.
1964-10-29	Frst operational deployment of the launch escape system canards
1964-10-30	First drop test of boilerplate 28
1964-10-31	Astronaut Theodore C Freeman died in an aircraft accident	UR-700 project cancelled
1964-11-01		Korolev's admits that N1 cannot attain payload needed for single-launch mission
1964-11-05	Apollo Space Suit designated Extravehicular Mobility Unit
1964-11-06	All major Apollo LEM subcontracts issued
1964-11-10	First firing of the service propulsion system engine
1964-11-11		Development of the manned circumlunar spacecraft LK-1 authorised
1964-11-12	Lump considered for the Apollo CM's blunt face
1964-11-15		No direction on space from new Soviet leadership.
1964-11-16	Apollo LLRV first successful flight
1964-11-23	Formal go-ahead on the Apollo Block II spacecraft
1964-11-30	Six flights of the Apollo Lunar Landing Research Vehicle
1964-12-03	Plans for mockups of the Block II Apollo CSM
1964-12-04	Battleship S-IVB second stage static-fired
1964-12-07	First S-IVB stage delivered for testing
1964-12-08	Apollo main parachute drop-tested
1964-12-11	Apollo LEM abort guidance section
1964-12-16	First test of Apollo fecal canister and urine relief tube under zero-g conditions
1964-12-18	North American delivered Apollo CM 001
1964-12-29	Lunar Sample Receiving Laboratory mission defined
1964-12-31	Use of modified Gemini space suits for Block I Apollo
1965-01-01		N1 development issues
1965-01-05	Study of manual control of the Apollo LEM
1965-01-06	Preliminary Design Review of the Apollo Block II CM
1965-01-07	Revised Apollo launch schedule
1965-01-09		Cosmonaut recruitment
1965-01-11	LC 16 to be converted to test stands for Apollo
1965-01-12	Various designs for the extravehicular mobility unit
1965-01-13		OKB-1 program review
1965-01-14	Development firings of the Apollo parachute mortars completed
1965-01-18	Qualification testing completed of the tanks for the Apollo service propulsion system
1965-01-21	Apollo dual drogue parachutes in drop test
1965-01-25	Optimism permeated Apollo program
1965-01-26	Apollo Lunar Landing Research Vehicle results
1965-01-28	First major Saturn V flight component delivered
1965-01-29	Emergency defecation capability added to the Apollo LEM	Manned Vykhod airlock test fails.
1965-01-31	Grumman modified the Apollo LEM's forward hatch
1965-02-02		Cosmonaut organisation
1965-02-03		Vykhod airlock experiments
1965-02-05	Apollo SM 001's service propulsion engine static-fired	Vykhod redesignated Voskhod 2
1965-02-08	Requirement deleted for a rendezvous radar in the Apollo CSM	Voskhod 2 crew vacuum chamber tests
1965-02-09	First ground test model of the S-II stage completed	Voskhod 2 crew selection.
1965-02-10		L3 single-launch spacecraft draft project approved.
1965-02-11	Drogue parachutes tested to ultimate load
1965-02-12		Cosmos 57 delayed
1965-02-16	Pegasus 1
1965-02-17	Ranger 8
1965-02-18	Apollo LEM Test Article 2 shipped
1965-02-22		Cosmos 57
1965-02-25	David Clark contracted for Apollo Block I space suits
1965-02-27		State Commission on Cosmos 57
1965-03-01		Guidance system for N1 cannot support planned schedule
1965-03-02	All-battery Apollo LEM decision - replaces fuel cells	Babakin takes over Lavochkin OKB
1965-03-04	Apollo Boilerplate 28 third water drop test
1965-03-05		Voskhod plans
1965-03-08	No serious weight problems with the Apollo spacecraft
1965-03-11	Kit-type mapping and survey system in the basic Apollo Block II
1965-03-12		Cosmos 60
1965-03-15		Cosmos 57 lands.
1965-03-16	Apollo high-angle water impact tests
1965-03-18	Isotope generator for the Surveyor Apollo lunar roving vehicle	Voskhod 2
1965-03-19		Landing of Voskhod 2
1965-03-20		Voskhod 2 crew contacted
1965-03-21	Ranger 9	Voskhod 2 crew recovered
1965-03-23	Gemini 3
1965-03-25	Boarding ladder on Apollo LEM reconfigured
1965-03-26	Water impact tests with Apollo CM boilerplate
1965-03-27	Test Series I on Apollo spacecraft 001 completed
1965-03-31	Apollo LEM descent engine problems
1965-04-01	All-battery electrical power system for the Apollo LEM
1965-04-05	Qualification tests completed on two Apollo CM reaction control engines
1965-04-09	Manned space flight control transferred to Houston
1965-04-10		Luna failure - stage 3 engine failure.
1965-04-14	Final beam in the structural skeleton of the Vertical Assembly Building
1965-04-15	First ground test firing of S-II stage
1965-04-16	First clustered firing of Saturn V's first stage	Voskhod female crew opposition
1965-04-17		Voskhod plans
1965-04-22	Final zero-g trials of the Apollo CM waste management system
1965-04-26	First Apollo CM heatshields
1965-04-27	Apollo CM Block II Critical Design Review Part II
1965-04-28	Shirtsleeve environment in the Apollo CM
1965-05-06	Apollo earth landing system tested
1965-05-07	First Apollo launch escape system completion
1965-05-08		Voskhod-2 design review
1965-05-09		Luna 5
1965-05-12	Testing begins on rockets that would allow soft landing for Apollo CM
1965-05-16	Third series of Apollo water impact tests
1965-05-19	Apollo mission A-003
1965-05-21	Preliminary flight rating tests on the Apollo reaction control engine
1965-05-23	American Apollo astronauts returning from the moon to be quarantined
1965-05-25	Pegasus 2
1965-05-26	Apollo LEM control weight revised
1965-05-31	Qualification testing on the Apollo tower jettison motor completed
1965-06-03	Gemini 4
1965-06-07	Procurement of Apollo lunar surface experiments package authorized
1965-06-07	Landing of Gemini 4
1965-06-08		Luna 6
1965-06-15	Reduced Apollo Block II service propulsion system for Saturn IB missions
1965-06-16	Apollo service propulsion engine failures
1965-06-17	Space suits for the Apollo program evaluated
1965-06-21	1,000th test firing of the F-1 engine
1965-06-25	Nine additional S-IVB stages for the Saturn V
1965-06-29	Apollo PA-2 launch escape system test
1965-06-30	Apollo Lunar Landing Research Facility into operation
1965-07-01	Apollo Site Selection Board
1965-07-06		Soyuz hot mock-up
1965-07-11	Apollo RCS oxidizer tank failed during test
1965-07-15	Redesign of the side hatch in the Block II Apollo CM
1965-07-16	Passive water landing for Apollo
1965-07-19	Eight KC-135 aircraft and three ships for communications during Apollo flights
1965-07-21	Surveyor small rover cancelled
1965-07-26	Circumlunar flight using Gemini seriously studied
1965-07-28		Voskhod production
1965-07-30	Pegasus 3
1965-07-31	NASA / Public Health Service agreements on Apollo back contamination
1965-08-01		Development of military versions of Voskhod and Soyuz approved.
1965-08-02	Marquardt to build Apollo Block II SM reaction control system engines
1965-08-03	ALSEP Prototypes to be built by three firms.
1965-08-05	Apollo boilerplate (BP) 6A sustained considerable damage
1965-08-09	Saturn V stages tested
1965-08-12	Six key checkpoints in development of Apollo hardware listed
1965-08-15	First ground test firing of S-IVB stage
1965-08-16		Chelomei's lunar spacecraft attacked
1965-08-18	Operation Scrape to lighten the Apollo LEM	Soyuz development program reoriented; Soyuz 7K-OK earth orbit version to be built in lieu of Soyuz A.
1965-08-19	Two Apollo LEM test articles to be used
1965-08-20	Apollo S-IVB static-fired simulating a lunar mission
1965-08-21	Gemini 5
1965-08-28		Korolev secretly puts Voskhod production on back burner.
1965-08-29	Landing of Gemini 5
1965-08-30		Soviet space plans
1965-08-31	Explosion damaged Apollo LEM reaction control system
1965-09-01	Impact tests with Apollo boilerplate 28
1965-09-04		E-6 Launch Postponement
1965-09-06		Problems in lunar projects addressed.
1965-09-08		Development of four stage version of the Proton proposed.
1965-09-16	Radioisotope thermoelectric generators for Apollo ALSEP
1965-09-18		Lunokhod
1965-09-23		Voskhod 3 plans
1965-09-27		Voskhod ECS
1965-09-30	Thirteen flights made with the Apollo lunar landing research vehicle
1965-10-01	NASA formally accepted Apollo spacecraft 002
1965-10-03	Testing of Apollo extravehicular mobility unit at Flagstaff
1965-10-04		Luna 7
1965-10-08	Failed drop of Apollo boilerplate 6A due to braking parachute
1965-10-12	Parachute mortar failed during static testing
1965-10-20	NASA accepted first flight Apollo spacecraft 009	Leonov and Belyayev accused
1965-10-21	Launch schedule for Apollo-Saturn IB flights revised
1965-10-22	10 areas on the moon selected as subjects for Lunar Orbiter	Gagarin writes a letter to Brezhnev
1965-10-25	Gemini 6 Agena Target	L1 manned circumlunar mission taken from Chelomei, given to Korolev.
1965-10-26		Thoughts on Gemini 6
1965-10-31	Seven flights were made with the Apollo Lunar Landing Research Vehicle
1965-11-01		OKB-1 learns of Gagarin letter
1965-11-05	International Latex to build Apollo space suit, and Hamilton Standard portable life support system
1965-11-11	Apollo Block I SPS engine altitude qualification test
1965-11-12	Apollo portable life support system Preliminary Design Review
1965-11-13		Industrial orders to cancel LK-1 spacecraft and implement L1.
1965-11-23	Fire during Apollo CM RCS test for spacecraft 009
1965-11-24		Kamanin and Korolev
1965-11-30	Apollo Mission Simulator No 1 shipped	Problems with the Igla system for Soyuz
1965-12-02	Apollo LEM TM-5 cancelled
1965-12-03		Luna 8
1965-12-04	Gemini 7
1965-12-06	Block II Apollo CSM Critical Design
1965-12-08	Apollo J-2 engine captive-fired for 388 sec
1965-12-09	Apollo Block II critical design review on the earth landing system	Voskhod 3 ECS trials
1965-12-10	Apollo at-sea operational qualification tests completed
1965-12-12	Gemini 6 pad abort
1965-12-15	Gemini 6
1965-12-16		Space race
1965-12-16	Landing of Gemini 6
1965-12-18		VPK Emergency Meeting
1965-12-18	Landing of Gemini 7
1965-12-20		Decision to use analogue guidance in early N1 launches
1965-12-21	Robert C Seamans, Jr becomes Deputy Administrator of NASA
1965-12-22		Kamanin and Korolev clash
1965-12-31	Apollo SM reaction control system engine qualification completed	Daunting year ahead
1966-01-03	Preliminary Design Review for the Apollo Block II pressure garment
1966-01-06	Apollo Block I SPS engine tested to 600 seconds
1966-01-08	First Apollo fuel cell system test at White Sands	Space trainers
1966-01-11		Female flight go-ahead
1966-01-13	Land impact program for the Apollo CM Block I deleted
1966-01-14		Korolev's death
1966-01-20	Little Joe II A-004
1966-01-24		New space schedules
1966-01-28		OKB-1 Program Review
1966-01-31		Luna 9
1966-02-01		Construction starts on N1 launch pad 110 west.
1966-02-02		Voskhod parachute system
1966-02-10		State Commission
1966-02-14		N1 redesign to increase payload to 95 tonnes
1966-02-15		L1 trainers
1966-02-17		Soviet Lunar Landing Plans
1966-02-18		Cosmos 110 State Commission
1966-02-22		Cosmos 110
1966-02-26	Apollo 201 (AS-201)
1966-03-01		Cosmos 111
1966-03-03		Voskhod 3 ECS
1966-03-08	Dual Apollo AS-207/208 mission planned
1966-03-09	First integrated test of major Apollo service module systems
1966-03-12		Voskhod/Soyuz crews
1966-03-15		Cosmos 110 landing commission
1966-03-16	Gemini 8 Agena Target	Landing of Cosmos 110
1966-03-23	NASA released the first AAP schedule. It envisioned 26 Saturn IB and 19 Saturn V AAP launches.	Cosmos 110 review
1966-03-26		Voskhod 3 test failure
1966-03-30		Voskhod military space projects
1966-03-31	Total cost of the Apollo manned lunar landing program	Luna 10
1966-04-01		Voskhod 4 to 6 in jeopardy
1966-04-04		L1 and Voskhod
1966-04-08	Agreement between the Department of Defense and NASA on extraterrestrial mapping	Voskhod 3 further delayed
1966-04-10		Cosmonaut training for lunar flights announced
1966-04-18	Apollo spacecraft 007 and 011 delivered
1966-04-27		Soyuz L1 full scale development, LK-1 cancellation approved.
1966-05-03		Soviet recovery planning
1966-05-10		Voskhod 3 spiked
1966-05-11	Plans for Apollo space rescue discontinued	Mishin selected as Korolev's replacement after four-month delay
1966-05-12		Voskhod 3 State Commission
1966-05-16		Voskhod 3 delays
1966-05-17	Gemini 9 Agena Target
1966-05-18		Communist Party Administrative Section reviews space program
1966-05-19		L1 flight plan
1966-05-20		L1 recovery issues
1966-05-21		Voskhod 3 shifted to July
1966-05-25	First full-scale Apollo Saturn V launch vehicle rolled out
1966-06-01	Gemini 9 ATDA
1966-06-03	Gemini 9
1966-06-05	EVA Gemini 9-1
1966-06-06	Landing of Gemini 9
1966-07-01	Three additional backup Apollo missions studied
1966-07-04		Soyuz simulators
1966-07-05	Apollo 203
1966-07-06		State Commission on Manned Spaceflight
1966-07-09		Struggle for space leadership
1966-07-10		Komarov announces that USSR will beat US to moon
1966-07-18	Gemini 10 Agena Target
1966-07-19	EVA Gemini 10-1
1966-07-20	EVA Gemini 10-3	Heated exchange with Mishin
1966-07-21	Landing of Gemini 10
1966-07-22		Voskhod 3 still on?
1966-07-25		VVS Victory on Soyuz crew issue
1966-07-26		Soyuz hatch problem
1966-07-27		VPK Meeting - L1 delays
1966-07-30		Beregovoi pushed for Soyuz mission
1966-08-02		Letter to Central Committee on OKB-1 actions.
1966-08-03		Sea tests of Soyuz
1966-08-05		Showdown on spacesuits
1966-08-08	Manual control simulation of the Saturn V upper stages with Apollo	Gagarin's letter buried.
1966-08-09	LLRF to be used by Apollo LM flight crews before the LLTV
1966-08-10		Soyuz schedule has been delayed again
1966-08-16	Apollo LM test model No 3 (TM-3) shipped to Cape Kennedy
1966-08-22	Apollo experiment pallet cancelled
1966-08-24		Luna 11
1966-08-25	Apollo 202 (AS-202)
1966-09-01		N1-L3 manned landing profile approved.
1966-09-02		Lunar flight cosmonauts assignments.
1966-09-12	Gemini 11 Agena Target
1966-09-13	EVA Gemini 11-2
1966-09-14	EVA Gemini 11-3	N1 plans approved.
1966-09-15	Landing of Gemini 11
1966-09-16		Communist Party delegates visit Baikonur
1966-09-23	NASA long-range planning
1966-09-30	Apollo LM test model TM-6 and test article LTA-10 shipped
1966-10-04		Dummy Proton/Block D mounted on pad.
1966-10-07	Apollo AS-202 impact error analzyed
1966-10-12	Apollo LM-1 not capable of manned flight	Voskhod 3 resurfaces
1966-10-22		Luna 12
1966-11-10		Lunar coordination problems
1966-11-11	Gemini 12 Agena Target
1966-11-12	EVA Gemini 12-1
1966-11-13	EVA Gemini 12-2
1966-11-14	EVA Gemini 12-3
1966-11-15		First N1 hardware arrives at Baikonur.
1966-11-15	Landing of Gemini 12
1966-11-16		Government go-ahead for N-1 use in lunar program
1966-11-21		First Proton/Soyuz L1 begins assembly.
1966-11-28		Cosmos 133
1966-12-06	Apollo LM-to-CSM crew rescue said to be impossible
1966-12-13	Apollo lunar landing research vehicle No 1 received
1966-12-14		Soyuz 7K-OK s/n 2
1966-12-21		Luna 13
1966-12-31		18 cosmonauts in lunar training
1967-01-01		First L-1 Zond spacecraft mated to Proton
1967-01-05		Cosmonaut training status
1967-01-17		Manned space plans reviewed
1967-01-20	Apollo S-IVB stage for Saturn launch vehicle 503 exploded
1967-01-27	Apollo 204
1967-01-28	Apollo 204 Review Board established to investigate the AS-204 accident
1967-01-31	Launch preparation for Apollo AS-501 to proceed as planned
1967-02-01	Stop of all Apollo manned testing in high oxygen environments	Government approves landing on moon by end 1968
1967-02-04		UR-500K/L1 manned circumlunar design authorised.
1967-02-07		Cosmos 140
1967-02-10	Apollo S-IVB stage explosion accident cause
1967-02-14		Fairing for OS space station authorised.
1967-03-05		Three Soviet subjects begin full year in closed-loop NEK Mars spacecraft simulator.
1967-03-08	Saturn V translunar payload 44,500 kilograms
1967-03-10		Cosmos 146
1967-03-12		Spiral and Soyuz training
1967-03-14		Lunar flyby/landing program plan reviewed
1967-03-15		CIA reports on Soviet space developments
1967-03-16		Soyuz state commission
1967-03-20	Apollo-Saturn 204 launch vehicle to launch the first lunar module	Soyuz 1 preparations
1967-03-22		L1 flight scenario undecided
1967-03-23		L1 State Commission
1967-03-25	Designations for Apollo / Apollo Applications missions
1967-03-31		Soviet lunar maps prepared.
1967-04-01		Manual docking for Soyuz 1/2
1967-04-05	Apollo 204 Review Board final report
1967-04-07	Joseph F Shea, appointed Deputy Associate Administrator
1967-04-08		Cosmos 154
1967-04-12		Chaos at Area 31.
1967-04-14		Huge blow-up at Tyuratam.
1967-04-16		Soyuz 1 is moved to the integration hall.
1967-04-20	Fire in the Bell Apollo LM ascent engine test facility	Soyuz 1/2 State Commission.
1967-04-23		Soyuz 1
1967-04-24		"Crash of Soyuz 1. Cosmonaut Vladimir Mikhailovich Komarov is killed at age 40."
1967-04-26		Komarov state funeral.
1967-04-27		State Commission on Soyuz 1 crash.
1967-04-29		L1 trainer review.
1967-05-02	NASA briefing to Manned Orbiting Laboratory staff on fire hazards
1967-05-04	Apollo mission redesignations
1967-05-05		Gagarin and Leonov want Mishin cited in Soyuz crash report.
1967-05-06		Chief Designers favour direct L1 flight to the moon
1967-05-07		Soyuz return-to-flight plans.
1967-05-15		Soyuz parachute test results.
1967-05-16		Cosmos 159
1967-05-20	Contract for three additional Apollo CSMs requested	LII Soyuz parachute findings
1967-05-22		LII Soyuz parachute recommendations impractical.
1967-05-26		Soyuz 1 Commission report is reviewed.
1967-05-29		Soviet of Chief Designers.
1967-06-09	Selection of North American as Apollo prime contractor documented
1967-06-15		First test of liquid hydrogen/LOX engine for N1M
1967-07-05	Fire that at White Sands Apollo Test Stand 403
1967-07-16		Soviet space setbacks
1967-07-21		Soyuz spacecraft programme review is conducted.
1967-07-24		Cosmonaut group meeting.
1967-07-25	Apollo lunar mapping and survey system terminated
1967-07-29		Review of Soyuz trainer status.
1967-08-01	AS-208
1967-08-02		Manned spacecraft trainer status
1967-08-08		Gagarin grounded.
1967-08-09		Gorbatko grounded.
1967-08-14		Gulyayev grounded; Feoktistov in training.
1967-08-15		L3 quarantine discussed.
1967-08-24	Agreement on protecting the earth from contamination by Apollo samples	Soyuz launch commission.
1967-08-27		Tass announces water landing exercises
1967-08-31		N1 launch pad 110 east completed
1967-09-06	Apollo spacecraft weight situation serious
1967-09-07	LM-1 (Apollo 5) continued to have serious schedule difficulties
1967-09-08	Reduced Apollo spacecraft delivery schedule approved by NASA HQ	L1 Expert Commission.
1967-09-13		Smirnov told Feoktistov unready for command.
1967-09-16	Apollo CSM 017 guidance and navigation computer locked up
1967-09-19		L1 Launch Commission.
1967-09-20	Proposed sequence of Apollo missions leading to a lunar landing mission	Review of N1 progress.
1967-09-21		L1 launch delayed to November.
1967-09-22	Merger of North American Aviation and Rockwell-Standard
1967-09-26		L1 Launch Commission.
1967-09-27		Soyuz 7K-L1 s/n 4L
1967-09-28	Elimination of all flammables from the Apollo cabin not possible
1967-10-03		Mishin's errors means Kamanin will not see a Soviet man on the moon in his lifetime.
1967-10-05		First public revelation of Soviet manned space hardware.
1967-10-06		Soyuz parachute trials at Fedosiya.
1967-10-07		Soviet of Chief Designers
1967-10-08	Abort of Apollo in the near-pad region would result in land impact
1967-10-10		Lunar Soviet
1967-10-13	Ballute system for Apollo rejected
1967-10-15		Meeting on crew selections for the L3 program.
1967-10-16		Continued problems with Soyuz landing system tests.
1967-10-17	Four additional Apollo CSMs approved	The return to flight of Soyuz is approved.
1967-10-21		Lunar crew controversy rages.
1967-10-23		Soyuz launches delayed.
1967-10-24		Soyuz launch commission
1967-10-27		Cosmos 186
1967-10-29		Cosmos 188 launch scrubbed.
1967-10-30	Apollo LM delivery schedule revisions	Cosmos 188
1967-10-31		Cosmos 186 landing.
1967-11-01		Cosmos 188 self-destructs during re-entry.
1967-11-04	Apollo mission schedule for six flights in 1968 and five in 1969	Manned Soyuz flight by May 1968?
1967-11-05		Soyuz capsule recovery issues.
1967-11-09	Apollo 4
1967-11-13		Kamanin's thoughts on first Saturn V launch.
1967-11-14		N1-L3 moon landing schedule revised.
1967-11-15	Payloads for Apollo AS-503
1967-11-16		State Commission on Cosmos 186/188.
1967-11-17		UR-500 launch vehicle version for military payloads authorised.
1967-11-18		L1 launch weather delays.
1967-11-21		Cause of Proton failure in last launch.
1967-11-22		Soyuz 7K-L1 s/n 5L
1967-11-25		N-1 mockup 1M1 rolled out to launch pad
1967-12-01	Plans resulting from Apollo 4 mission
1967-12-02	Designation Saturn IB approved	Lunar Soviet.
1967-12-03		L3 trainer controversy.
1967-12-08	Apollo drop test failed
1967-12-14	Apollo schedule decisions
1967-12-15		L3 issues
1967-12-17	Apollo LM-5 window shattered during initial pressurization test
1967-12-19	Lunar Exploration Office established
1967-12-22	First fire-in-the-hole Apollo LM test
1967-12-27		Mishin to remain in charge until first L3 launches.
1968-01-05	Plan for lunar exploration by Apollo through the mid-1970s
1968-01-11	Apollo Parachute Test Vehicle failed
1968-01-17		Afanasyev inspects the TsPK.
1968-01-22	Apollo 5
1968-01-23		Three-launch Soviet lunar expedition pitched
1968-01-26		Unsuccessful L1 SAS abort system test at Vladimirovka.
1968-01-27		Cosmonauts take case against Mishin to VVS high command.
1968-01-28		Sergei Osipovich Okhapkin put in charge of the N1 at TsKBEM
1968-01-30		Three-hour review of the L1 program at the Institute of Aviation Medicine.
1968-02-03		Ye-8-5 robot lunar soil return plans
1968-02-05	40 per-cent nitrogen prelaunch atmosphere in Apollo
1968-02-06		L1 commander assignments agreed.
1968-02-07		E-6LS s/n 112
1968-02-08	Decision to forego a second unmanned Apollo LM flight using LM-2	VVS officers inspect TsPK.
1968-02-12		L1 Expert Commission meeting.
1968-02-14	Concern of inadvertent Saturn V abort
1968-02-21		L1 Launch Commission.
1968-02-27	Flight Readiness Review Board for Apollo CSM 020; LTA-2R and SLA-9
1968-02-28		Staff move to Baikonur for L1 launch.
1968-02-29		L1 commsision meeting.
1968-03-01		Originally planned N-1 first launch
1968-03-02		Zond 4
1968-03-03		Zond 4 first midcourse fails.
1968-03-05		Zond 4 midcourse succeeds.
1968-03-06	Design Certification Reviews of Apollo Apollo CSM 101 and LM-3	Zond 4 on course.
1968-03-07		Soyuz parachute recertification holding up all manned programs.
1968-03-08	Flight readiness test for Apollo 6
1968-03-12		Cosmonaut meeting at Yevpatoriya.
1968-03-13		Lunar cosmonaut training program approved.
1968-03-14		Soviets review American plans.
1968-03-20		Lunar spacesuit review.
1968-03-21	Apollo lunar landing research vehicle in operation
1968-03-23	Apollo drogue chute test failure 99-5
1968-03-25		Simulator status
1968-03-26		A State Commission is held to review L1 and Soyuz status.
1968-03-27		"Cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin dies at age of 34 -- Crash of MiG-15 trainer."
1968-04-02	40 percent nitrogen for the Apollo CM cabin in prelaunch operations
1968-04-04	Apollo 6	Soviet view on Saturn V
1968-04-05	A 48-hour delayed-recovery test with Apollo CSM 007
1968-04-07		Luna 14
1968-04-10		Cosmonauts occupied with Gagarin crash investigation
1968-04-14		Cosmos 212
1968-04-15		Cosmos 213
1968-04-18		Two men are killed working on the N1.
1968-04-19		L1 launch preparations
1968-04-20		Cosmos 213 landing/L1 preparations
1968-04-21		L1 on schedule; N1 in trouble.
1968-04-22		Soyuz 7K-L1 s/n 7L
1968-04-23		L1 launch failure
1968-04-27	Preparation of third Saturn V for an Apollo manned mission
1968-04-29		Mishin '2+2' scenario for the next manned Soyuz flight.
1968-04-30		Soyuz program review.
1968-05-06	Apollo lunar landing research vehicle No 1 crashed at Ellington Air Force Base	Review of military spacecraft plans.
1968-05-07		N1 booster 4L erected at launch complex 110 east
1968-05-15		Soyuz parachute problems will limit crew size.
1968-05-17	Concern over escalation of Apollo E-mission objectives
1968-05-20		Tests to evaluate feasibility of '1+2' Soyuz mission profile.
1968-05-21		L1/Soyuz program review.
1968-05-22		Mishin pushes for '1+2' Soyuz mission
1968-05-24		Cosmonaut Africa tour with secret objectives.
1968-05-25	Effects of launch vehicle "pogo" vibrations - on Apollo spacecraft studied
1968-05-28		Tereshkova has a heart-to-heart with Kamanin.
1968-05-29		Further tests to evaluate feasibility of '1+2' Soyuz mission profile.
1968-05-30		Soviet of the Chief Designers.
1968-06-03		Ustinov demands manned Soyuz and L1 flights by October.
1968-06-05	Apollo crews of the F and G missions to be selected as early as possible	Leonov on the carpet.
1968-06-11	Two pilot-chute riser failures during drop tests of Apollo
1968-06-12		State Commission on Soyuz.
1968-06-22		Soyuz simulator status.
1968-06-23		First test of N1 stages
1968-06-26		November manned circumlunar flight set
1968-06-30		N1 ground vehicle 1M1 moved to launch pad 110 east
1968-07-01		DIA/CIA warn of impending Zond circumlunar flight
1968-07-03	Final drop test to qualify the Apollo CSM earth landing system	VPK confirms Soyuz flight plans.
1968-07-10	Apollo Review Board certifies Apollo CSM 101 and the Block II CSM	L3 recovery controversy.
1968-07-12		L3 recovery controversy.
1968-07-13	Continued propellant leaks in the Apollo LM
1968-07-15		L1 pad explosion.
1968-07-21		Zond 7K-L1 s/n 8L
1968-07-22	Apollo CSM 102 deleted from the manned flight program
1968-07-29		Reduced L3 recovery forces.
1968-08-02		Reduced L3 recovery forces accepted.
1968-08-07	Apollo Review Board certifies the design of Apollo LM-3
1968-08-08	Test and checkout problems for Apollo AS-503 and AS-504	Further Soyuz delays
1968-08-09	Senior Apollo porject management backs Apollo 8 lunar mission concept
1968-08-10	North American not enthusiastic about plan to send Apollo 8 to moon.
1968-08-12	Apollo 8 lunar mission scheduled for December 20.
1968-08-13	Borman crew selected for Apollo 8 lunar mission.
1968-08-14	During a key meeting of Apollo senior figures - top NASA management first approached regarding an Apollo 8 lunar mission in December - reaction: negative.
1968-08-15	Webb briefed on Apollo 8 lunar mission concept.
1968-08-16	Launch preparations for the Apollo 7
1968-08-17	Webb approves Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission for December - but no public announcement until after a successful Apollo 7 flight.
1968-08-19	Changes in planning for Apollo flights
1968-08-27	Decision to use Apollo LTA-B as payload ballast on the AS-503 flight
1968-08-28		Cosmos 238
1968-09-10		L1 preparations.
1968-09-11		L1 review.
1968-09-12	Preparations for the first manned Apollo flight	L1 Training.
1968-09-13		L1 recovery plans
1968-09-14		Zond 5
1968-09-16	Changes in the Apollo Program Specification	Zond 5 midcourse aborted
1968-09-17		Zond 5 midcourse using earth sensor
1968-09-19		Bulldozer delays N1 launch by two months
1968-09-20		Kamanin hold a cosmonaut meeting.
1968-09-21		Soyuz parachute failure
1968-09-22		Zond 5 sucessfully recovered
1968-09-23		L1 lunar crew selections
1968-09-25	Apollo LM ascent engine to use Rocketdyne injector
1968-09-27	Apollo descent-stage tank blew up during qualification test	Cosmonauts on tour.
1968-09-28	Review of functional interfaces between launch vehicle and spacecraft for Apollo 7	Cosmonaut exams are held for Beregovoi, Shatalov, and Volynov.
1968-09-30	Launch preparation for Apollo 7 and 8
1968-10-01		L1 and Soyuz plans
1968-10-03	Apollo 7 flight readiness review	Zond 5 arrives in Bombay
1968-10-04		Zond 5 arrives in Moscow
1968-10-05		Soyuz 4/5 zero-G training
1968-10-07	Apollo 8 CSM installed atop the Saturn V	Soviets consider Apollo 8 has no chance of success
1968-10-09	All changes to Apollo 7 as a result of Apollo 1 fire completed	Soyuz 3 preparations.
1968-10-11	Apollo 7	Soyuz 3 preparations.
1968-10-15		Soyuz 3 review.
1968-10-16	Saturn IB program placed in a standby status
1968-10-17	Loss of attitude control caused Apollo LLRV Crash
1968-10-20		Soyuz 2/3 QA coordination issues.
1968-10-21	Launch preparations for Apollo 8 and 9
1968-10-22		Soyuz 2/3 State Commission.
1968-10-22	Landing of Apollo 7
1968-10-23	Two failures of Apollo LM propellant tanks fail during testing	Soyuz 2/3 State Commission.
1968-10-24	Retesting Saturn V following a lightning strike	N1 - lost opportunity in 1961
1968-10-25		Soyuz 2
1968-10-26		Soyuz 3
1968-10-27		Kamanin talks to Beregovoi on the 14th orbit of Soyuz 3.
1968-10-28		Soyuz 2 lands 45 km from its aim point.
1968-10-30		Landing of Soyuz 3
1968-10-31	AS-504 and AS-505 missions officially designated as Apollo 9 and Apollo 10	Soyuz 3 post-flight debriefing
1968-11-09		Zond 6 State Commission
1968-11-10	Success of Apollo 7 clears way for Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission in December.	Zond 6
1968-11-11	Paine gives Apollo 8 go-ahead for lunar orbit mission.	Zond 6
1968-11-12	Land landing of the Apollo CSM in the area of the launch site after an abort assessed
1968-11-13		Zond 6 midcourse correction.
1968-11-14		Zond 6 passes behind moon.
1968-11-15		N1 1M1 mockup erected on pad with L1S payload
1968-11-16		Proton 4
1968-11-17		Zond 6 midcourse maneuver
1968-11-18		Zond 6 re-entry
1968-11-19	Apollo White Sands Test Facility phasedown
1968-11-20		Soyuz spacesuit review
1968-11-21		The N1-L3 state commission meets.
1968-11-22	Problem with the Apollo LM fuel -remaining light
1968-11-23		Soyuz 4/5 crew training
1968-11-26		Soviet Union needs a manned L1 to fly in the 8 to 12 December lunar launch window in order to beat Apollo 8.
1968-11-27	Apollo LM-11 midsection assembly collapsed
1968-11-28		Soyuz 4 / 5 spacecraft begin preparation
1968-11-29		No mention of results of planned December 1968 L1 launch in Kamanin's diary...
1968-12-04		Soviets judge that Apollo 8 has only a 25% chance of success.
1968-12-08	Apollo lunar landing training vehicle No 1 crashed and burned at Ellington AFB
1968-12-09	Launch preparations for Apollo 8
1968-12-12		Kamanin catalogues the reasons the Soviet Union is losing the moon race
1968-12-13		Soviets ponder Apollo 8
1968-12-15	Final countdown for the launch of Apollo 8
1968-12-16		Lunar Soviet.
1968-12-17		The crews take their final examinations to qualify for the Soyuz 4/5 flights.
1968-12-20		Volynov crew selection questioned
1968-12-21	Apollo 8
1968-12-22		Soviet reaction to Apollo 8
1968-12-23		Soviet crisis meeting mulls response to Apollo 8
1968-12-24	Plans for television cameras aboard remaining Apollo missions	Cosmonauts ponder loss of the moon race
1968-12-25		Soviets consider lunar landing alternatives
1968-12-26		N1 launch vehicle 3L erected on launch pad
1968-12-27		Apollo 8 and L1 plans
1968-12-27	Landing of Apollo 8
1968-12-28		Soviet space cadres stand down after Apollo 8 success
1968-12-30		Meeting of the VPK Military-Industrial Commission to discuss how to beat the Americans to the lunar landing
1968-12-31		N1 launch pad 110 west completed
1969-01-03	Mission preparation for Apollo 9 continued on schedule
1969-01-04		Soyuz 4/5 preparations
1969-01-06		Mishin a no-show.
1969-01-07		Preparations at Baikonur
1969-01-08		Concern over the possibility of Soyuz 4 or 5 landing in the Aral Sea continues.
1969-01-09		State Commission for the first N1 launch
1969-01-11		N1 state commission meeting.
1969-01-12		Soyuz 4/5 profile still not settled
1969-01-13		Soyuz 4 launch scrubbed
1969-01-14		Soyuz 4
1969-01-15	Final flight program for Apollo 9 verified	Soyuz 5
1969-01-16		EVA Soyuz 4/5-1
1969-01-17	Checkout on schedule for an Apollo 10
1969-01-17		Landing of Soyuz 4
1969-01-18		Volynov's survival celebrated
1969-01-18		Landing of Soyuz 5
1969-01-19	Apollo 9 flight readiness test	State Commission on Soyuz 4/5
1969-01-20		Soyuz 7K-L1 s/n 13L
1969-01-22		Soyuz 4/5 celebrations
1969-01-23		N1 stormclouds
1969-01-24	Apollo CSM Flight Readiness Review Board
1969-01-25		Apollo vs Ye-8-5
1969-01-27		Soviet of Chief Designers considers N1 cancellation
1969-01-28		Soyuz 4/5 crew feted
1969-01-29		Lunar systems status
1969-01-30		N1/Ye-8-5 launch preparations
1969-01-31	Symbolic activities for the first Apollo moon landing	Preparations for the first N1 launch.
1969-02-03	12-month plan for Apollo missions	N1/Ye-8 preparations
1969-02-04		UR-500K failure state commission
1969-02-05		Cosmonaut centre plans
1969-02-06		Volynov grounded
1969-02-09		Final meeting held to review the N1 before the launch.
1969-02-10		Soyuz plans
1969-02-11	Unmanned Apollo LM landing discussed	Military space objectives
1969-02-19		Ye-8 s/n 201 + Lunokhod s/n 201 - first stage malfunction
1969-02-21		N1 3L launch
1969-02-22	Apollo 9 countdown began
1969-03-03	Apollo 9	Soviet/Chinese troops clash on Ussuri River
1969-03-05	Nomination of Acting Administrator Thomas O Paine to be the NASA Administrator
1969-03-06	EVA Apollo 9-1
1969-03-10		Apollo 9 points to US win
1969-03-11	Apollo 10 transferred to Pad B, Launch Complex 39
1969-03-13	Landing of Apollo 9
1969-03-17		Russian military space management changes
1969-03-20		Soviet of military officers meets to review manned space plans.
1969-03-24	Apollo 10 would be a lunar orbit mission
1969-03-25	First flight-model ALSEP delivered
1969-03-27		M-69 s/n 521
1969-03-28		Military Soyuz plan rejected
1969-03-29		Apollo films on view in Soviet Union
1969-04-02		M-69 s/n 522
1969-04-07	Work on Apollo 10 continued on schedule
1969-04-14	Twenty-two astronauts trained for Apollo lunar reentry
1969-04-18	Changes in launch readiness dates for Apollo 12 and Apollo 13 missions
1969-04-19		Military Soyuz meeting
1969-04-26		Soyuz program review
1969-04-28	Apollo 10 launch vehicle damage
1969-05-05	Apollo manned-test abort of the portable life support system
1969-05-07	The fifth and final drop test of Apollo LM-2
1969-05-08		Russian only hope is major Apollo failure
1969-05-09	Science sequence recommended for the Apollo 12 mission
1969-05-10		Military space research plans
1969-05-16		Myth 'we were never in the moon race' disseminated by the Soviet Union
1969-05-18	Apollo 10
1969-05-24		Way clear for Apollo 11
1969-05-26	Landing of Apollo 10
1969-05-27	Manned Apollo lunar roving vehicle go-ahead
1969-05-29		N1 State Commission
1969-06-01		Original planned date for first LK test
1969-06-09	Apollo 11 on schedule	Delegates from the international Communist conference tour the Gagarin Centre.
1969-06-10		Revised Soviet lunar plans
1969-06-13	Color TV coverage for Apollo 11 approved	Leonov in trouble
1969-06-14		Ye-8-5 s/n 402
1969-06-18		Mishin and Kamanin select candidates for the lunar landing mission.
1969-06-20		Kamanin meets with Chief of Ministry of Defence General Staff Zakharov.
1969-06-23	Preparations for the Apollo 11 on schedule
1969-06-27	The decision - who would be first on the moon
1969-07-03		N1 5L launch
1969-07-13		Luna 15
1969-07-16	Apollo 11
1969-07-21	EVA Apollo 11-2	Soviet engineers view moonwalk
1969-07-22		Soviet post-mortems after Apollo 11
1969-07-24	Landing of Apollo 11
1969-07-29	Tentative planning schedule for the Apollo program
1969-07-31	Gen Samuel Phillips made Commander of SAMSO
1969-08-01		VPK hearing on N1 improvements
1969-08-07	Apollo lunar roving vehicle restricted to a 181-kilogram weight limit	Zond 7
1969-08-12	Apollo LM-6 (Apollo 12) guidance computer removed and replaced
1969-08-20	MSC rejected a Grumman proposal to use the Apollo LM as a lunar reconnaissance module
1969-08-21		Final crew selections are made for the Soyuz 6, 7, 8 flights.
1969-08-22	Rocco A Petrone named as Director of the Apollo Program
1969-08-26		Soyuz 6-7-8 are slated to fly in the first half of October.
1969-09-01		Kamanin lists the reasons the Soviets have lost the moon race.
1969-09-02	Apollo 11 samples 3.1 billion years old
1969-09-03		L3 Trainer and Female Cosmonauts
1969-09-05		State Commission meets on the Luna 15 failure investigation
1969-09-08		Kuznetsov is in the hospital for 45 days after a heart attack.
1969-09-12		Shatalov and Yeliseyev are progressing well for their Soyuz 8 flight.
1969-09-18		Soyuz 6/7/8 go-ahead
1969-09-19	MSC reports that 136 flags of other nations were flown on Apollo 11	L1 state commission
1969-09-20		The success of Zond 7 has emboldened Mishin and Tyulin.
1969-09-22		Kamanin arrives at Tyuratam at 15:00 aboard an An-124
1969-09-23	Guinness records for Apollo 8 and Apollo 11	Cosmos 300
1969-09-24		N1 on launch pad 110 west.
1969-09-25	James A McDivitt appointed Apollo ASPO Manager	The Central Committee debates plans for the upcoming visit of two cosmonauts tot he USA.
1969-09-27		Fuelling begins of Soyuz 6.
1969-09-28		Soyuz 6-7-8 flight preparations
1969-09-29		Soyuz 7 manual rendezvous proposed
1969-09-30		Politburo approves Soyuz 6/7/8 flight.
1969-10-01		Problems with Beregovoi.
1969-10-02		Soyuz 6/7/8 State Commission
1969-10-03		Mishin arrives at Tyuratam.
1969-10-05		DOS Conspiracy briefed to Ustinov
1969-10-06		Soyuz 6/7/8 experiment review
1969-10-08		Soyuz 6/7/8 State Commission
1969-10-09		Final preparations
1969-10-10	Major milestones for the Apollo 16-20 missions	Cosmonaut awards discussed.
1969-10-11		Soyuz 6
1969-10-12	Decision that Apollo 12 mission would examine Surveyor III and recover its TV camera	Soyuz 7
1969-10-13		Soyuz 8
1969-10-14		Soyuz 7-8 docking problem
1969-10-15		Second attempt to dock Soyuz 7 & 8 - rendezvous of Soyuz 6 with Soyuz 8
1969-10-16		Landing of Soyuz 6 - further attempts to dock Soyuz 7 and 8
1969-10-17		Landing of Soyuz 7
1969-10-18		Landing of Soyuz 8
1969-10-19		DOS Conspiracy briefed to wide circle of space planners
1969-10-20		Weight loss of Soyuz 6-7-8 crew
1969-10-21		Cosmonaut press conference at Baikonur
1969-10-22	Opposition to a major effort to develop a lunar flyer until after the Apollo 16 mission	Cosmos 305
1969-10-23		Cosmonauts feted at TsKBEM
1969-10-27		Cosmonauts tours.
1969-10-28	Apollo lunar roving vehicle (LRV) contract awarded to the Boeing
1969-11-03	Apollo team made a walkaround inspection of Apollo 14	Press conference preparations
1969-11-04	Preparations for a November 14 launch of Apollo 12
1969-11-05		Press conference - lunar project raised.
1969-11-10	Apollo 12 targetting point for Surveyor 3 changed
1969-11-14	Apollo 12
1969-11-17	Changed nomenclature for the lunar exploration phase of the Apollo program
1969-11-19	EVA Apollo 12-1
1969-11-20	EVA Apollo 12-3
1969-11-24	Landing of Apollo 12
1969-11-26	Christopher C Kraft, Jr, appointed Deputy Director of MSC
1969-11-28		Soyuz 7K-L1E s/n 1 - first stage malfunction
1969-12-01		First flight Almaz station close to completion
1969-12-15	Mobile equipment transporter for Apollo LM-8, LM-9, and LM-10
1969-12-16	Apollo lunar roving vehicle preliminary requirements review
1969-12-26		DOS formally authorised
1969-12-28	Sigurd A Sjoberg named Director of Flight Operations
1969-12-30		Soyuz 9 planned - Belyayev seriously ill.
1969-12-31		1969 in retrospect.
1970-01-04	NASA canceled the Apollo 20 mission and stretched out the remaining seven missions
1970-01-07	NASA issued instructions for deletion of the Apollo 20 mission from the program
1970-01-12	Dale D Myers' appointed NASA Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight
1970-01-16	Apollo 16-19 lunar orbital science experiments revised
1970-02-01		Space station programs rationalised.
1970-02-02		Soyuz 9 experiment review
1970-02-06	Requirements for Apollo lunar roving vehicle (LRV) established	Ye-8-5 s/n 405 - failure of vehicle on launch
1970-02-07		Soyuz 10 and 11 crew selections; Soyuz 9 experiment review
1970-02-14		Soyuz 9 issues
1970-02-18		Kamanin opposes DOS
1970-02-20		Soyuz 9 schedule; Soyuz Kontakt flights in limbo
1970-02-25		Soyuz 9 decision preempts Soyuz Kontakt flights
1970-02-26		Kamanin views DOS, continuation of N1-L3 with dismay
1970-02-27		DOS schedules, Soyuz Kontakt flights still in play
1970-02-28		Failure to achieve space objectives in Five-Year Plan
1970-03-07	President Nixon listed six specific objectives for the space program
1970-03-13	Wernher von Braun made NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning
1970-03-18		Shonin on report
1970-04-06	Swigert, Apollo 13 backup pilot, began intensive training to replace Mattingly
1970-04-09		State Commission is held to review issues of the Soyuz 9 flight.
1970-04-10		Documentary film on the Soyuz 6-7-8 missions
1970-04-11	Apollo 13
1970-04-13	Apollo 13 - "Hey - we've got a problem here"
1970-04-17	Apollo 13 Review Board established
1970-04-18		Kamanin considers the Apollo 13 mission.
1970-04-25		Spiral project not raised with General Staff.
1970-04-27		Soyuz 9 book.
1970-05-16		A VVS Military Soviet is held for Soyuz 9.
1970-05-18		N1 erected on launch pad 110 west.
1970-05-19		Soyuz 9 crew departs for Baikonur.
1970-05-20		Soyuz 9 crew preparations at Baikonur
1970-05-21		Dysentery in the Tyuratam garrison threatens cosmonauts.
1970-05-22		Delays in Soyuz 9 preparation.
1970-05-24		Cosmonauts recreate.
1970-05-25		Soyuz 9 crew ready for flight.
1970-05-26		Soyuz 9 State Commission.
1970-05-27		Cosmonauts go fishing.
1970-05-28		Pace quickens at Baikonur.
1970-05-30		Soyuz 9 final inspection.
1970-05-31		Go-ahead for Soyuz 9 launch.
1970-06-01		Soyuz 9
1970-06-02		Soyuz 9 Day 2
1970-06-03		Soyuz 9 Day 3
1970-06-04		Soyuz 9 Day 4
1970-06-05		Soyuz 9 Day 5
1970-06-06		Soyuz 9 Day 6
1970-06-07		Soyuz 9 Day 7
1970-06-08		Soyuz 9 Day 8
1970-06-09		Soyuz 9 Day 9
1970-06-10		Soyuz 9 Day 10
1970-06-11		Soyuz 9 Day 11
1970-06-12		Soyuz 9 Day 12
1970-06-13		Soyuz 9 Day 13
1970-06-14		Soyuz 9 Day 14
1970-06-15		Soyuz 9 Day 15
1970-06-16		Development of TKS ferry for Almaz authorised. Soyuz 7K-TK cancelled
1970-06-17		Soyuz 9 Day 17
1970-06-18		Soyuz 9 Day 18
1970-06-19		Landing of Soyuz 9
1970-06-19		Landing of Soyuz 9
1970-06-22		Grechko meets with the cosmonauts.
1970-06-23		Soyuz 9 crew still ill.
1970-06-26		Soyuz 9 crew improving.
1970-06-27		Soviet flights should not exceed 25 days duration.
1970-06-29		Additional Soyuz flights requested.
1970-06-30		Soyuz 9 crew still very weak.
1970-07-03		Soyuz 9 crew feted at Kremlin.
1970-07-06		Soyuz 9 press conference preparations.
1970-07-11		Soyuz 9 cosmonauts meet with Communist Party leaders.
1970-07-14		Soyuz 9 interview.
1970-07-16		Soyuz 9 crew presses for new Soyuz series.
1970-07-28		Soyuz 9 crew tours Leningrad
1970-07-30		Soyuz 9 crew debrefing.
1970-08-18		82-EV test
1970-09-02	NASA canceling Apollo missions 15 and 19 because of congressional cuts
1970-09-12		Luna 16
1970-09-18		Luna 16
1970-09-20		Luna 16 lands on moon.
1970-09-21		Luna 16 ascent stage heads for earth.
1970-09-23		Cosmonaut training plans.
1970-09-24		Luna 16 returns lunar soil to earth.
1970-10-06		Cosmonaut training centre status.
1970-10-16		Mishin seems to have lost his fight for a water landing on L3 missions.
1970-10-20		Zond 8
1970-10-23		Mishin still fighting for an ocean landing for the L3.
1970-10-24		Cosmonauts oppose ocean landing for the L3.
1970-10-28		Zond 8 recovered, demonstrates Mishin's L3 ocean landing trajectory.
1970-10-31		Soyuz 7K-L1 s/n 10L and 15L
1970-11-10		Luna 17
1970-11-18		Luna 17 lands on moon.
1970-11-23		First lunar rover.
1970-11-24		Cosmos 379
1970-11-25	NASA Administrator discussed significance of Russian unmanned lunar probes to Apollo.
1970-12-02		Cosmos 382
1970-12-19		Differences between VVS and Mishin enumerated.
1970-12-30		Spacecraft simulator review.
1970-12-31		UR 700/LK-700/RD-270 definitively cancelled.
1971-01-05		VVS Reviews TsKBEM Facilities and Programs
1971-01-29	Space vehicle for the Apollo 14 mission determined ready for launch
1971-01-31	Apollo 14
1971-02-05	EVA Apollo 14-1	Soviet view of Apollo 14.
1971-02-06	EVA Apollo 14-2
1971-02-09	Landing of Apollo 14
1971-02-26		Cosmos 398
1971-03-01		N1-L3 loses remaining priority
1971-03-04		N1/L3 Expert Commission
1971-04-13		Cosmodrome jammed for series of historic launches.
1971-04-14		N1 threatened again
1971-04-15		Salyut preparations
1971-04-19		Salyut 1
1971-04-26	Quarantine for crew members who would go to the moon on future Apollo flights was discontinued
1971-04-27	James C Fletcher sworn in as NASA Administrator
1971-05-01		Block Sr Lox/LH2 stage development begins
1971-05-10		Cosmos 419
1971-05-15		Go-ahead to develop LH2/LOX stage for N1M
1971-05-19		Mars 2
1971-05-28		Mars 3
1971-06-01		N1-6L launch commission
1971-06-15		Soyuz Kontakt and DOS-2 crew assignments made.
1971-06-24		Soyuz 11 Day 19
1971-06-26		N1 6L
1971-06-27		Soyuz 11 Day 22
1971-06-29		Soyuz 11 day 24 - final preparations for landing.
1971-07-04		Soyuz 11 failure investigation
1971-07-26	Apollo 15
1971-07-31	EVA Apollo 15-2
1971-08-01	EVA Apollo 15-3
1971-08-02	EVA Apollo 15-5
1971-08-05	EVA Apollo 15-6
1971-08-07	Landing of Apollo 15
1971-08-12		Cosmos 434
1971-09-02		Luna 18
1971-09-28		Luna 19
1972-01-01		TsKBEM reorganised
1972-01-14	Gilruth appointed NASA Director of Key Personnel Development
1972-01-18	Sigurd A Sjoberg named Deputy Director of Manned Spacecraft Center.
1972-02-14		Luna 20
1972-02-16		N1-L3M moon landing draft project work authorised.
1972-02-23		MOK technical proposal authorised.
1972-04-16	Apollo 16
1972-04-21	EVA Apollo 16-1
1972-04-22	EVA Apollo 16-2
1972-04-23	EVA Apollo 16-4
1972-04-25	EVA Apollo 16-5
1972-04-27	Landing of Apollo 16
1972-05-15		N1-L3M development authorised.
1972-06-15		Almaz / TKS project rescheduled.
1972-06-26	No foreseeable mission for Apollo Apollo CSMs 115 and 115a
1972-07-15	Lunar Science Institute's summer study on post-Apollo lunar science
1972-07-29		Zarya s/n 122
1972-08-15		N1 7L launch readiness review
1972-08-21		N1 7L State Commission
1972-09-20		Final N1 components arrive at Baikonur
1972-10-14		Electrical trials of the N1 7L were successfully completed.
1972-10-18		UR-500K failure investigation.
1972-11-16		Flight readiness review for the N1.
1972-11-21		State Commission was held to formally approve launch of N1 7L.
1972-11-23		N1 7L
1972-12-07	Apollo 17
1972-12-12	EVA Apollo 17-1
1972-12-13	EVA Apollo 17-2
1972-12-14	EVA Apollo 17-3
1972-12-15	EVA Apollo 17-4
1972-12-17	EVA Apollo 17-6
1972-12-19	Landing of Apollo 17
1972-12-31		Brezhnev selects Almaz for next space station
1973-01-01		N1-L3M
1973-01-08		Luna 21
1973-01-19	Plan for storage of unassigned Saturn hardware and phaseout of Saturn V.
1973-01-26	Ames requested six R4D rocket engines surplus to the Apollo program for Pioneer-Venus
1973-02-17	The Manned Spacecraft Center renamed the Lyndon B Johnson Space Center.
1973-03-06	Apollo Spacecraft Program Office reorganized
1973-03-15	Post-Apollo Lunar Programs Office established
1973-04-03		Salyut 2
1973-05-11		Cosmos 557
1973-05-14	Skylab 1
1973-05-25	Skylab 2
1973-07-21		Mars 4
1973-07-25		Mars 5
1973-07-28	Skylab 3
1973-08-05		Mars 6
1973-08-07	NASM established a complete library of Apollo lunar photos
1973-08-09		Mars 7
1973-08-27	Actions for the final phaseout of the Apollo program
1973-11-16	Skylab 4
1974-01-31	Television version of Apollo 13 mission
1974-03-26		Cosmos 637
1974-05-01		N1 cancellation imminent
1974-05-02		N1-L3 program is cancelled
1974-05-19		N1 launches suspended.
1974-05-29		Luna 22
1974-06-24		Salyut 3
1974-07-29		Molniya 1-S
1974-08-13		N1 work cancelled
1974-08-14		Glushko meets with TsKBEM staff