| Year: | 1965 |
| First: | 11 January |
| Last: | 28 December |
| Total: | 124 |
| Success: | 108 |
| Failed: | 15 |
| Partial: | 1 |
| Catalogued: | 112 |
| Maidens: | Atlas LV-3C Centaur-D Delta E Diamant-A Kosmos-2M Scout A Scout B Soyuz/Vostok 11A510 Thor LV-2D Burner-1 Thor LV-2D MG-18 Titan IIIC UR-500 (Proton) |
| Retired: | Atlas LV-3A Agena-B Atlas LV-3C Centaur-C Delta D Kosmos-1 Molniya 8K78 Molniya-L 8K78L Saturn I Scout X-4 Thor DSV-2A Ablestar Thor LV-2D MG-18 Thor SLV-2 Agena-B Titan IIIA |
| Orbital: | 6 |
| Totalcrew: | 13 |
| Date (UTC) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 February | Lunar impact | Impacted Mare Tranquillitatis at 09:57:37, returned 7,137 images | |
| 24 March | Lunar impact | Impacted Alphonsus Crater at 14:08:20, returned 5,814 images | |
| 12 May | Lunar impact | Failed lander, impacted at 19:10 | |
| 11 June | Lunar flyby | Failed lander, closest approach: | |
| 15 July | Returned 21 images | ||
| 20 July | Flyby of Mars | Communications system failed before flyby | |
| 6 August | Lunar Flyby | Returned 25 images | |
| 7 October | Lunar impact | Failed lander, impacted at 22:08 | |
| 6 December | Lunar impact | Failed lander, impacted at 21:51:30 | |
| Start date/time | Duration | End time | Spacecraft | Crew | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 March 08:34 | 08:47 | Voskhod 2 | First EVA in history.[1] Leonov had difficulty fitting back into the spacecraft due to spacesuit stiffness in vacuum. He vented air from his spacesuit to bend back into the capsule.[2] | |||
| 3 June 19:46 | 20 minutes | 20:06 | Gemini IV |  Ed White | First US EVA.[3] White also had difficulty returning to the Gemini spacecraft. Although very fit, the effort left White exhausted.[4] |
| Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | First orbital launch | ||
| 53 | 46 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 70 | 61 | 8 | 1 |
| Rocket | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas D | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Suborbital component of one failed launch was successful | ||
| Atlas LV-3A Agena-B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Retired | ||
| Atlas LV-3A Agena-D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Atlas LV-3C Centaur-C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Retired | ||
| Atlas LV-3C Centaur-D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight | ||
| Delta C | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Delta D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Retired | ||
| Delta E | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight | ||
| Diamant A | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight | ||
| Kosmos-1 63S3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Retired | ||
| Kosmos-2I 63S1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Kosmos-2M 63S1M | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight | ||
| Molniya 8K78 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | Retired | ||
| Molniya-L 8K78L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Retired | ||
| Molniya-M 8K78M | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Saturn I | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Retired | ||
| Scout A | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight | ||
| Scout B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight | ||
| Scout X-4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Retired | ||
| Soyuz/Vostok 11A510 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight | ||
| Thor DSV-2A Ablestar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Retired | ||
| Thor LV-2D Burner-1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight | ||
| Thor LV-2D MG-18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Only flights | ||
| Thor SLV-2 Agena-B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Retired | ||
| Thor SLV-2 Agena-D | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Titan II GLV | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Also made one suborbital launch | ||
| Titan IIIA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Retired | ||
| Titan IIIC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Maiden flight | ||
| Voskhod 11A57 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Vostok-2 8A92 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Vostok-2M 8A92M | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| UR-500 (Proton) 8K72 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Maiden flight |
| Orbital regime | Launches | Achieved | Not Achieved | Accidentally Achieved | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low Earth | 96 | 85 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Medium Earth | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| High Earth | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | Including Highly elliptical and Molniya orbits | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 1* |
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| Heliocentric | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |