SPACE EXPLORATION 1963-1965

JUNE 1963

• Vostok 6 carries Soviet Cosmonaut Valentia Tereshkova, the first women In space to orbit the Earth 48 times.
• Martin Schmidt interprets the behavior of 3C 273 the first known quasar

1964

• U.S. Ranger 7 relays the first close range photographs of the Moon

MARCH 1965

• The first space walk is made by Cosmonaut Alexei A. Leonov
• First manned flight of the Gemini program.

MARCH 1965

• Ranger 9 transmit first high quality images.

NOVEMBER 1965

• Soviet Venus 3 launched first craft to impact Venus
• November 16, 1965

DECEMBER 4, 1965

• Gemini 7 is launched carrying Frank Borman and James A. Lovell, Jr making 206 orbits around Earth.