Spacecraft launched in 1961

spaceflight of the Vostok programme

space probe

space mission of USSR

first United States human spaceflight, on May 5, 1961

space probe

Soviet unmanned spacecraft launched in 1961 towards Venus, lost in a launch vehicle failure

unmanned US spaceprobe

Soviet spacecraft

Soviet spacecraft

test flight of the Atlas rocket and Mercury spacecraft

space observatory

test flight of the Atlas rocket and Mercury spacecraft

test flight of the Atlas rocket and Mercury spacecraft

NASA satellite of the Explorer program

test flight of a Scout rocket during Project Mercury

American satellite

former American research satellite

U.S. Navy satellite

TIROS-3 (or TIROS-C) was a spin-stabilized meteorological satellite. It was the third in a series of Television Infrared Observation Satellites.

amateur radio satellite

American satellite

Reconnaissance satellite

Reconnaissance satellite