| DATE | MISSION | MISSION DETAILS |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 August 21 | R-7 Semyorka | First intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM); fully operational September 1957 |
| 1957 October 4 | Sputnik 1 | First artificial satellite First signals from space |
| 1957 November 3 | Sputnik 2 | First mammal (the dog Laika) in orbit around Earth. |
| 1959 January 2 | Luna 1 | First lunar spacecraft (fly-by) First rocket engine restart in Earth orbit First spacecraft to leave Earth's orbit First spacecraft on an escape trajectory from Earth First detection of solar wind |
| 1959 January 4 | Luna 1 | First human-made object in heliocentric orbit |
| 1959 September 14 | Luna 2 | First hard landing on another celestial body (Moon) |
| 1959 October 7 | Luna 3 | First photos of far side of the Moon covering 70% of the surface invisible from Earth First gravity assist ('sling shot'), returning the space craft to the Earth to retrieve the photos (no landing) |
| 1960 August 19 | Sputnik 5 | First animals and plants returned alive from space (Belka and Strelka) |
| 1960 October 10 | Mars (1a) | Mars fly-by mission failed | |
| 1960 October 14 | Mars (1b) | Mars fly-by mission failed | |
| 1960 December 1 | Sputnik 6 | It was a test flight of the Vostok spacecraft, carrying two dogs (Pcholka and Mushka) | |
| 1960 December 22 | Sputnik 9 | Also known as Koribal Sputnik 4 mission failed | |
| 1961 February 4 | Venera (1a) | This mission was a partial success | |
| 1961 February 12 | Venera 1 | First launch from Earth orbit of upper stage into a heliocentric orbit First mid-course corrections First spin-stabilisation | |
| 1961 April 12 | Vostok 1 | First human spaceflight (Yuri Gagarin) First orbital flight of a manned vehicle | |
| 1961 May 19 | Venera 1 | First planetary flyby (Venus) | |
| 1961 August 6 | Vostok 2 | First crewed mission lasting a full day (Gherman Titov). | |
| 1961 October 27 | Kosmos (1a) | The launch vehicle didn't reach orbital velocity due to the failure of an acceleration integrator in the velocity regulation control. | |
| 1961 December 21 | Kosmos (1c) | The oxidizer of the second stage was exhausted before orbital velocity could be reached. The upper stage and satellite impacted in the Kurile Islands. | |
| 1962 March 16 | Kosmos 1 | The first DS-2 satellite was successfully orbited by the Kosmos launch vehicle from Kapustin Yar. After reaching orbit, it received the designation Kosmos 1. | |
| 1962 April 6 | Kosmos 2 | The first 1MS satellite was placed into low orbit under the designation Kosmos 2. It orbited until 20 August 1963. | |
| 1962 April 24 | Kosmos 3 | The first 2MS satellite was placed into low orbit under the designation Kosmos 3. | |
| 1962 April 26 | Kosmos 4 | Also designated as Sputnik 14 and Zenit 2 | |
| 1962 May 26 | Kosmos 5 | The Second 2MS satellite placed into orbit | |
| 1962 June 1 | Kosmos (6) | Also designated as Zenit 2 #3. Mission failed | |
| 1962 June 30 | Kosmos 6 | Also designated as Sputnik 16 | |
| 1962 July 28 | Kosmos 7 | Also designated as Sputnik 17 and Zenit 2 #2 | |
| 1962 August 12 | Vostok 3 Vostok 4 | First dual crewed spaceflight (Andriyan Nikolayev and Pavel Popovich) First spacecraft-to-spacecraft radio contact First simultaneous flight of crewed spacecraft | |
| 1962 August 18 | Kosmos 8 | A single DS-K-8 satellite, known as Kosmos 8, was successfully orbited by a Kosmos rocket from Kapustin Yar. | |
| 1962 August 25 | Venera 2 (a) | Molniya launcher put the spacecraft 2MV-1 #1 (dubbed Sputnik 19) into Earth orbit, but the escape stage failed and the probe remained in geocentric orbit for three days | |
| 1962 September 1 | Venera 2 (b) | The spacecraft was successfully inserted into geocentric orbit . The escape stage failed and the it re-entered the Earth's atmosphere 5 days later. | |
| 1962 September 12 | Venera 2 (c) | Like its two predecessors of the 2MV-1 type (launched on 25 August and 1 September 1962), this Venus probe never left orbit around the Earth. Returning to earth after 5 days | |
| 1962 September 27 | Kosmos 9 | Also designated as Zenit 2 #5 | |
| 1962 October 17 | Kosmos 10 | Also designated as Zenit 2 #6 | |
| 1962 October 20 | Kosmos 11 | First Launch of a DS-A1 satellite | |
| 1962 October 24 | Mars (1c) | Mission was a partial failure | |
| 1962 October 25 | Kosmos (12) | Mission failed | |
| 1962 November 1 | Mars 1 | An automatic interplanetary station launched in the direction of Mars, with the intent of flying by the planet at a distance of about 11,000 km | |
| 1962 November 11 | Mars (2a) | Mission was a partial failure | |
| 1962 December 22 | Kosmos 12 | Also designated as Zenit 2 #7 | |
| 1963 January 4 | Luna (4c) | Launched successfully , but the upper stage malfunctioned. It remained in low Earth orbit until 11 January 1963. | |
| 1963 February 3 | Luna (4d) | Launched successfully but failed to achieve orbit | |
| 1963 March 21 | Kosmos 13 | Also designated as Zenit 2 #8 | |
| 1963 April 2 | Luna 4 | Launched successfully , but failed to perform a course correction manoeuvre and therefore missed the moon. | |
| 1963 April 6 | Kosmos (14) | Second launch of a DS-A1 satellite. Mission failed | |
| 1963 April 13 | Kosmos 14 | First Omega satellite. Developed technologies for the Meteor-1 satellite program. | |
| 1963 April 22 | Kosmos 15 | Also designated as Zenit 2 #9 | |
| 1963 April 28 | Kosmos 16 | Also designated as Zenit 2 #10 | |
| 1963 May 22 | Kosmos 17 | Second launch of a DS-A1 satellite | |
| 1963 May 24 | Kosmos 18 | Also designated as Zenit 2 #11 | |
| 1963 June 1 | Kosmos (19a) | The first launch of a DS-MT satellite but it failed to reach orbit. | |
| 1963 June 14 | Vostok 5 | Using the The Vostok-3K, the operational version after the Vostok-1KP and Vostok-1K prototypes. | |
| 1963 June 16 | Vostok 6 | First woman in space (Valentina Tereshkova) First civilian in space | |
| 1963 July 22 | Kosmos (19b) | Also designated as Zenit 2 #12. Pre-launch failure | |
| 1963 August 6 | Kosmos 19 | Launch of a DS-P1 series of satellites was used to calibrate space surveillance and early warning radars | |
| 1963 August 22 | Kosmos (20) | Third launch of a DS-A1 satellite. The mission failed | |
| 1963 October 18 | Kosmos 20 | Also designated as Zenit 2 #13 | |
| 1963 October 24 | Kosmos (21) | The 4th launch of a DS-A1 satellite. The mission failed | |
| 1963 November 11 | Kosmos 21 | Also designated as Zond 1 | |
| 1963 November 16 | Kosmos 22 | Also designated as Zenit 4 #1 | |
| 1963 November 28 | Kosmos (23) | Also designated as Zenit 2 #14. Mission failed | |
| 1963 December 13 | Kosmos 23 | Also designated as Omega #2 | |
| 1963 December 19 | Kosmos 24 | Also designated as Zenit 2 #15 | |
| 1964 January 30 | Elektron 1 | Lower Earth orbit satellite to map the inner Van Allen belt | |
| 1964 January 30 | Elektron 2 | Higher orbit satellite for the study of the outer radiation belt and cosmic rays | |
| 1964 February 19 | Zond (1b) | Mission failed | |
| 1964 February 27 | Kosmos 25 | Launch of the DS-P1 #4 satellite | |
| 1964 March 18 | Kosmos 26 | The first launch of a DS-MG satellite. | |
| 1964 March 21 | Luna (5a) | Mission failed | |
| 1964 March 27 | Kosmos 27 | Launched but was left in an earth orbit, when the upper stage of the launch vehicle failed. Also designated Venera (2d) | |
| 1964 April 2 | Zond 1 | Also designated as 3MV-1 #2 | |
| 1964 April 4 | Kosmos 28 | Also designated as Zenit 2 #16 | |
| 1964 April 20 | Luna (5c) | Mission failed | |
| 1964 April 25 | Kosmos 29 | Also designated as Zenit 2 #17 | |
| 1964 May 18 | Kosmos 30 | Also designated as Zenit 4 #2 | |
| 1964 June 4 | Molniya 1 (1a) | Communication satellite operating from an inclined highly elliptical earth orbit. Mission failed | |
| 1964 June 6 | Kosmos 31 | The first successful launch of a DS-MT satellite | |
| 1964 June 10 | Kosmos 32 | Also designated as Zenit 2 #18 | |
| 1964 June 23 | Kosmos 33 | Also designated as Zenit 2 #19 | |
| 1964 July 1 | Kosmos 34 | Also designated as Zenit 4 #3 | |
| 1964 July 10 | Elektron 3 | The second Lower Earth orbit satellite to map the inner Van Allen belt | |
| 1964 July 10 | Elektron 4 | The second higher orbit satellite for the study of the outer radiation belt and cosmic rays | |
| 1964 July 15 | Kosmos 35 | Also designated as Zenit 2 #20 | |
| 1964 July 30 | Kosmos 36 | Launch of a DS-P1-Yu early warning radar satellite | |
| 1964 August 14 | Kosmos 37 | Also designated as Zenit 2 #21 | |
| 1964 August 18 | Kosmos 38 | Launch of the Strela-1 satellite .Prototype store-dump communications satellite | |
| 1964 August 18 | Kosmos 39 | Launch of the Strela-2 satellite .Prototype store-dump communications satellite | |
| 1964 August 18 | Kosmos 40 | Launch of the Strela-3 satellite .Prototype store-dump communications satellites | |
| 1964 August 22 | Kosmos 41 | Launch of Molniya 1 (1b) communication satellite | |
| 1964 August 22 | Kosmos 42 | Launch of the Strela-4 satellite .Prototype store-dump communications satellite | |
| 1964 August 22 | Kosmos 43 | Launch of the Strela-5 satellite .Prototype store-dump communications satellite | |
| 1964 August 28 | Kosmos 44 | First launch of the Meteor-1 series of meteorological satellites | |
| 1964 September 13 | Kosmos 45 | Also designated as Zenit 4 #4 | |
| 1964 September 24 | Kosmos 46 | Also designated as Zenit 2 #22 | |
| 1964 October 6 | Kosmos 47 | Test of the Vokshod-3KV #2 spacecraft | |
| 1964 October 12 | Voskhod 1 | The first crewed flight of a Voskhod spacecraft and the first flight carrying more than one person | |
| 1964 October 14 | Kosmos 48 | Also designated as Zenit 2 #23 | |
| 1964 October 23 | Kosmos (49) | Launch of the Strela-6 satellite .Prototype store-dump communications satellite. Mission Failed | |
| 1964 October 23 | Kosmos (50) | Launch of the Strela-7 satellite .Prototype store-dump communications satellite. Mission Failed | |
| 1964 October 23 | Kosmos (51) | Launch of the Strela-8 satellite .Prototype store-dump communications satellite. Mission Failed | |
| 1964 October 24 | Kosmos 49 | Launch of DS-MG #2 satellite. | |
| 1964 October 28 | Kosmos 50 | Also designated as Zenit 2 #24 | |
| 1964 November 30 | Zond 2 | Mars Fly-by satellite | |
| 1964 December 1 | Kosmos 51 | Launch of the DS-2 #2 satellite . Mission failed | |
| 1965 January 11 | Kosmos 52 | Also designated as Zenit 2 #25 | |
| 1965 January 30 | Kosmos 53 | Launch of the DS-A1 #3 satellite . | |
| 1965 February 12 | Kosmos (54a) | Mission failed | |
| 1965 February 20 | Kosmos (54b) | Mission failed | |
| 1965 February 21 | Kosmos 54 | Launch of the Strela-9 satellite .Prototype store-dump communications satellite | |
| 1965 February 21 | Kosmos 55 | Launch of the Strela-10 satellite .Prototype store-dump communications satellite | |
| 1965 February 21 | Kosmos 56 | Launch of the Strela-11 satellite .Prototype store-dump communications satellite | |
| 1965 February 22 | Kosmos 57 | Launch of Vokshod-3KD #1 as part of the Vokshod program. | |
| 1965 February 26 | Kosmos 58 | Launch of the Meteor 1 # 2 satellite | |
| 1965 March 7 | Kosmos 59 | Also designated as Zenit 4 #5 | |
| 1965 March 12 | Kosmos 60 | Luna (5c) Mission partial failure. | |
| 1965 March 15 | Kosmos 61 | Launch of the Strela-12 satellite .Prototype store-dump communications satellite | |
| 1965 March 15 | Kosmos 62 | Launch of the Strela-13 satellite .Prototype store-dump communications satellite | |
| 1965 March 15 | Kosmos 63 | Launch of the Strela-14 satellite .Prototype store-dump communications satellite | |
| 1965 March 18 | Vokshod 2 | First extra-vehicular activity ("space walk") | |
| 1965 March 25 | Kosmos 64 | Also designated as Zenit 2 #26 | |
| 1965 April 10 | Luna (5d) | Mission failed | |
| 1965 April 17 | Kosmos 65 | Also designated as Zenit 4 #6 | |
| 1965 April 23 | Molniya 1-1 | Launch of the Molniya satellite | |
| 1965 May 7 | Kosmos 66 | Also designated as Zenit 2 #27 | |
| 1965 May 9 | Luna 5 | Launch of the Luna 5 moon mission | |
| 1965 May 25 | Kosmos 67 | Also designated as Zenit 4 #7 | |
| 1965 June 8 | Luna 6 | Launch of the Luna 6moon mission | |
| 1965 June 15 | Kosmos 68 | Also designated as Zenit 2 #28 | |
| 1965 June 25 | Kosmos 69 | Also designated as Zenit 4 #8 | |
| 1965 July 2 | Kosmos 70 | Launch of DS-A1 #4 satellite. | |
| 1965 July 13 | Kosmos (71) | Mission failed | |
| 1965 July 16 | Kosmos 71 | Launch of the Strela-15 satellite .Prototype store-dump communications satellite | |
| 1965 July 16 | Kosmos 72 | Launch of the Strela-16 satellite .Prototype store-dump communications satellite | |
| 1965 July 16 | Kosmos 73 | Launch of the Strela-17 satellite .Prototype store-dump communications satellite | |
| 1965 July 16 | Kosmos 74 | Launch of the Strela-18 satellite .Prototype store-dump communications satellite | |
| 1965 July 16 | Kosmos 75 | Launch of the Strela-19 satellite .Prototype store-dump communications satellite | |
| 1965 July 17 | Proton | First launch of the Proton scientific satellite | |
| 1965 July 18 | Zond 3 | Launch of the fly-by mission to Venus | |
| 1965 July 23 | Kosmos 76 | Launch of a DS-P1-Yu #3 early warning radar satellite | |
| 1965 August 3 | Kosmos 77 | Also designated as Zenit 4 #9 | |
| 1965 August 14 | Kosmos 78 | Also designated as Zenit 2 #30 | |
| 1965 August 25 | Kosmos 79 | Also designated as Zenit 4 #10 | |
| 1965 September 3 | Kosmos 80 | Launch of the Strela-20 satellite .Prototype store-dump communications satellite | |
| 1965 September 3 | Kosmos 81 | Launch of the Strela-21 satellite .Prototype store-dump communications satellite | |
| 1965 September 3 | Kosmos 82 | Launch of the Strela-22 satellite .Prototype store-dump communications satellite | |
| 1965 September 3 | Kosmos 83 | Launch of the Strela-23 satellite .Prototype store-dump communications satellite | |
| 1965 September 3 | Kosmos 84 | Launch of the Strela-24 satellite .Prototype store-dump communications satellite | |
| 1965 September 9 | Kosmos 85 | Also designated as Zenit 4 #11 | |
| 1965 September 18 | Kosmos 86 | Launch of the Strela-25 satellite .Prototype store-dump communications satellite | |
| 1965 September 18 | Kosmos 87 | Launch of the Strela-26 satellite .Prototype store-dump communications satellite | |
| 1965 September 18 | Kosmos 88 | Launch of the Strela-27 satellite .Prototype store-dump communications satellite | |
| 1965 September 18 | Kosmos 89 | Launch of the Strela-28 satellite .Prototype store-dump communications satellite | |
| 1965 September 18 | Kosmos 90 | Launch of the Strela-29 satellite .Prototype store-dump communications satellite | |
| 1965 September 23 | Kosmos 91 | Also designated as Zenit 4 #12 | |
| 1965 October 5 | Luna 7 | Launch of the Luna 7 moon mission | |
| 1965 October 14 | Molinya 1-2 | Launch of the second Molniya satellite | |
| 1965 October 16 | Kosmos 92 | Also designated as Zenit 4 #13 | |
| 1965 October 19 | Kosmos 93 | First launch of a DS-UV-V #1 satellite | |
| 1965 October 28 | Kosmos 94 | Also designated as Zenit 4 #14 | |
| 1965 November 2 | Proton 2 | Launch of the Proton 2 scientific satellite | |
| 1965 November 4 | Kosmos 95 | Launch of a DS-UV-V #2 satellite | |
| 1965 November 12 | Venera 2 | Launch of the Venera 2 mission to Venus | |
| 1965 November 16 | Venera 3 | Launch of the Venera 3 mission to Venus | |
| 1965 November 23 | Kosmos 96 | Launch of the Venera (4a) Mission failed | |
| 1965 November 26 | Kosmos 97 | First launch of the DS-U2-M #1 launched as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik program | |
| 1965 November | Kosmos 98 | Also designated as Zenit 2 #31 | |
| 1965 December 3 | Luna 8 | Launch of the Luna 7 moon mission | |
| 1965 December 10 | Kosmos 99 | Also designated as Zenit 2 #32 | |
| 1965 December 17 | Kosmos 100 | Launch of the Meteor 1 #3 satellite | |
| 1965 December 21 | Kosmos 101 | Launch of a DS-P1-Yu #3 early warning radar satellite | |
| 1965 December 27 | Kosmos 102 | First launch of a US-A (Upravlenniye Sputnik Aktivny) radar satellite | |
| 1965 December 28 | Kosmos (103) | Mission Failed | |
| 1965 December 28 | Kosmos 103 | First Launch of a Strela 2 satellite .The continuation of the prototype store-dump communications satellite program | |
| 1966 February 3 | Luna 9 | First soft landing on another celestial body (Moon) First photos from another celestial body | |
| 1966 March 1 | Venera 3 | First hard landing on another planet (Venus) | |
| 1966 April 3 | Luna 10 | First artificial satellite to orbit another celestial body: the Moon | |
| 1967 October 30 | Cosmos 186 / Cosmo 188 | First docking of two remote-controlled spacecraft | |
| 1968 September 14-21 | Zond 5 | First terrestrial life to leave Earth orbit, to travel to and circle the Moon. First Moon mission with lifeforms to return safely to Earth | |
| 1969 January 16 |
| First crew exchange in space First docking of two manned spacecraft |
| 1970 September 24 | First robotic automatic sample return from another celestial body: the Moon | Luna 16 |
| 1970 November 23 | First lunar rover (remote-controlled) and first rover on another celestial body (the Moon) | Lunokhod 1 |
| 1970 December 15 | First soft landing on another planet (Venus) First signals from another planet | Venera 7 |
| 1971 April 19 | First human-crewed space station launched | Salyut 1 |
| 1971 June 29 | First human-crewed orbital observatory (Orion 1) | Soyuz 11 / Salyut 1 |
| 1971 November 27 | First hard landing on Mars | Mars 2 |
| 1971 December 2 | First soft Mars landing First signals from Mars surface | Mars 3 |
| 1975 July 15 | First multinational human-crewed mission | Soyuz 19 |
Source : Wikipedia - Timeline of space Exploration