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| X-15 Flight 192 (X-15A #1) (Flight 74) |
March 1, 1968 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: William Dana (12th X-15 Flight) (NASA X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 31.85 km Speed: 4,631 kph |
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| X-15 Flight 193 (X-15A #1) (Flight 75) |
April 4, 1968 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: William Dana (13th X-15 Flight) (NASA X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 57.15 km Speed: 5,808 kph |
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| X-15 Flight 194 (X-15A #1) (Flight 76) |
April 26, 1968 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: William Knight (14th X-15 Flight) (USAF X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 63.09 km Speed: 5,704 kph |
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| X-15 Flight 195 (X-15A #1) (Flight 77) |
May 11, 1968 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: William Dana (14th X-15 Flight) (NASA X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 67.09 km Speed: 5,733 kph |
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| X-15 Flight 196 (X-15A #1) (Flight 78) |
July 16, 1968 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: William Knight (15th X-15 Flight) (USAF X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 67.51 km Speed: 5,442 kph |
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| X-15 Flight 197 (X-15A #1) (Flight 79) |
August 21, 1968 (B-52 Drop - 17:05 GMT) (Landing - 17:14 GMT) X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: William Dana (15th X-15 Flight) (NASA X-15 Pilot) (2nd Suborbital Flight - USAF Definition) |
USA | M | Altitude: 81.53 km Speed: 5,540 kph |
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| X-15 Flight 198 (X-15A #1) (Flight 80) |
September 13, 1968 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: William Knight (16th X-15 Flight) (USAF X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 77.45 km Speed: 5,990 kph |
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| Apollo 7 (CSM-101) |
October 11, 1968 (15:02 GMT) |
October 22, 1968 (11:11 GMT) |
Commander: Walter Schirra (3rd Flight) (NASA Group 1) |
USA | M | Perigee: 225 km Apogee: 294 km Inclination: 31.6° 163 orbits |
| Command Module Pilot: Donn Eisele (1st Flight) (NASA Group 3) |
USA | M | ||||
| Lunar Module Pilot: Walter Cunningham (1st Flight) (NASA Group 3) |
USA | M | ||||
| Launch Vehicle Saturn IB #AS-205 |
Launch Pad 34 Cape Canaveral, Florida |
800 km SE of Bermuda Atlantic Ocean (27° 32' N, 64° 4' W) |
Backup Crew: Thomas Stafford | USA | M | Time 10 days 20 hours 9 minutes |
| Backup Crew: John Young | USA | M | ||||
| Backup Crew: Eugene Cernan | USA | M | ||||
| Support Crew: Ronald Evans | USA | M | ||||
| Support Crew: John Swigert | USA | M | ||||
| Support Crew: William Pogue | USA | M | ||||
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| X-15 Flight 199 (X-15A #1) (Flight 81) |
October 24, 1968 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: William Dana (16th X-15 Flight) (NASA X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 77.72 km Speed: 5,979 kph |
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| Soyuz 2 (7K-OK(P) #11) |
October 25, 1968 (09:00 GMT) |
October 28, 1968 (07:51 GMT) |
Soyuz 2 (Unmanned docking target) |
USSR | Perigee: 191 km Apogee: 229 km Inclination: 51.69° |
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Site-1 (Launch Pad 5) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
Time 2 days 22 hours 51 minutes |
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| Soyuz 3 (7K-OK(A) #10) |
October 26, 1968 (08:34 GMT) |
October 30, 1968 (07:25 GMT) |
Pilot: Georgi Beregovoy (1st Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 2) |
USSR | M | Perigee: 184 km Apogee: 222 km Inclination: 51.69° 64 orbits |
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Site-31 (Launch Pad 6) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
70 km N of Karaganda (50° N, 72° E) |
1st Backup: Vladimir Shatalov | USSR | M | Time 3 days 22 hours 50 minutes |
| 2nd Backup: Boris Volynov | USSR | M | ||||
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| Apollo 8 (CSM-103) |
December 21, 1968 (12:51 GMT) |
December 27, 1968 (15:51 GMT) |
Commander: Frank Borman (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 2) |
USA | M | Earth Orbit Perigee: 180 km Apogee: 190 km Inclination: 32.51° 1.5 orbits |
| Command Module Pilot: James Lovell (3rd Flight) (NASA Group 2) |
USA | M | ||||
| Lunar Module Pilot: William Anders (1st Flight) (NASA Group 3) |
USA | M | ||||
| Launch Pad 39A Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
1600 km SE of Hawaii Pacific Ocean (8° 7.5' N, 165° 1.2' W) |
Backup Crew: Neil Armstrong | USA | M | Lunar Orbit Perigee: 111 km Apogee: 112 km 10 orbits |
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| Backup Crew: Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin | USA | M | ||||
| Backup Crew: Fred Haise | USA | M | ||||
| Launch Vehicle Saturn V #AS-503 |
Entered Lunar Orbit December 24, 1968 (09:59 GMT) |
Left Lunar Orbit December 25, 1968 (06:10 GMT) |
Support Crew: Vance Brand | USA | M | Time 6 days 3 hours 0 minutes |
| Support Crew: Gerald Carr | USA | M | ||||
| Support Crew: Thomas Mattingly | USA | M | ||||
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