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United States United States Space Probes & Rockets Explorer I Jupiter-C Booster Pegasus Satellite Saturn I Booster Biosatellite Atlas Booster Orbiting Frog Otolith Atlas Booster Pioneer 4 Lunar Flyby Juno II Booster Ranger 3 Lunar Impactor Atlas-Agena Booster Pioneer 2 Lunar Orbiter Thor-Able Booster Lunar Orbiter Program Atlas-Centaur Booster Surveyor Lunar Lander Atlas-Centaur Booster Pioneer 6 Sun Orbiter Atlas-Agena Booster Mariner 5 Venus Flyby Atlas-Agena Booster Pioneer 12 Venus Orbiter Atlas-Centaur Booster Pioneer 13 Venus Multiprobe Atlas-Centaur Booster Mariner 6 Mars Flyby Atlas-Centaur Booster Mariner 9 Mars Orbiter Atlas-Centaur Booster Viking 1 Mars Orbiter & Lander Titan IIIE-Centaur Booster Mariner 10 Mercury Flyby Atlas-Centaur Booster Pioneer 10 Jupiter Flyby Atlas-Agena Booster Pioneer 11 Saturn Flyby Atlas-Agena Booster Crewed Spacecraft & Human-Rated Rockets Project Mercury (Suborbital) Redstone Booster Project Mercury (Earth Orbit) Atlas Booster Project Gemini (Suborbital) Atlas Booster Project Gemini (Earth Orbit)* Titan-II Booster Agena Target Vehicle (Earth Orbit) Atlas Booster Gemini w/ Transtage (Reentry Test) Titan-IIIC Booster Transtage (Lunar Flyby) Titan-IIIC Booster Transtage (Low Earth Orbit)* Titan-IIIC Booster Transtage (High Earth Orbit) Saturn IB Booster * Gemini + Transtage can perform circumlunar flyby Gemini w/ Lunar Propulsion Model (Reentry Test) Titan-IIIC Booster Gemini w/ Lunar Propulsion Model (Earth Orbit) Saturn IB Booster Gemini w/ Lunar Propulsion Model (Circumlunar) Saturn C3-B Booster Gemini w/ Lunar Propulsion Model (Lunar Orbit) Saturn C3-B Booster Gemini Direct Ascent Configuration (Reentry Test) Saturn V Booster Gemini Direct Ascent Configuration (Earth Orbit) Saturn V Booster Gemini Direct Ascent Configuration (Circumlunar) Saturn V Booster Gemini Direct Ascent Configuration (Lunar Orbit) Saturn V Booster Gemini Direct Ascent Configuration (Lunar Landing) Saturn V Booster Gemini EOR Configuration (Earth Orbit)* Saturn IB Booster S-IVB Space Tug (Earth Orbit)* Titan-IIIC Booster * Gemini EOR + S-IVB Space Tug can perform lunar flyby, orbit & landing Project Apollo CSM (Uncrewed Suborbital) Saturn I Booster Project Apollo CSM (Crewed Suborbital) Saturn IB Booster Project Apollo CSM (Earth Orbit) Saturn IB Booster Project Apollo CSM (Circumlunar) Saturn V Booster Project Apollo CSM (Lunar Orbit) Saturn V Booster Project Apollo LM (Uncrewed Earth Orbit) Saturn IB Booster Project Apollo CSM/LM (Earth Orbit) Saturn C3-B Booster Project Apollo CSM/LM (Lunar Orbit) Saturn V Booster Project Apollo CSM/LM (Lunar Landing) Saturn V Booster Soviet Union Space Probes & Rockets Sputnik 1 R-7 8K71 'Sputnik' Booster Sputnik 2 R-7 8K71 'Sputnik' Booster Korabl-Sputnik 2 R-7 8K72K 'Vostok' Booster Luna 3 Lunar Flyby R-7 8K72 'Luna' Booster Zond 5 Bioscience Circumlunar Flight Proton-K Booster Luna 2 Lunar Impactor R-7 8K72 'Luna' Booster Luna 17 & Lunokhod 1 Robotic Lunar Rover R-7 8K78 'Molnya' Booster Luna 15 Lunar Sample Return Proton-K Booster Venera 15 Venus Orbiter Proton-K / Proton-KD Booster Venera 7 Venus Lander R-7 8K78 'Molnya' Booster Venera 11 Venus Flyby & Lander Proton-K Booster Venera 10 Venus Orbiter & Lander Proton-K Booster Mars M-69 Orbiter Proton-K Booster Mars 2 Orbiter, Lander & Rover Proton-K Booster Crewed Spacecraft & Human-Rated Rockets PKA Space Plane (Suborbital, Earth Orbit) R-7 8K72K 'Vostok' Booster Vostok (Uncrewed Suborbital) R-7 8K71 'Sputnik' Booster Vostok (Crewed Suborbital) R-7 8K72K 'Vostok' Booster Vostok (Earth Orbit) R-7 8K72K 'Vostok' Booster Voskhod (Uncrewed Suborbital) R-7 8K72 'Luna' Booster Voskhod (Crewed Suborbital) R-7 8K72K 'Vostok' Booster Voskhod (Earth Orbit) R-7 11A57 'Voskhod' Booster Soyuz 7K-OK (Uncrewed Suborbital) R-7 8K72 'Luna' Booster Soyuz 7K-OK (Crewed Suborbital) R-7 8K72K 'Vostok' Booster Soyuz 7K-OK (Earth Orbit) R-7 11A511 'Soyuz' Booster Soyuz 7K-L1 (Uncrewed Suborbital) R-7 8K71 'Sputnik' Booster Soyuz 7K-L1 (Crewed Suborbital) R-7 8K72K 'Vostok' Booster Soyuz 7K-L1 (Earth Orbit) R-7 11A57 'Voskhod' Booster Soyuz 7K-L1 (Circumlunar) Proton-KD Booster Soyuz 7K-L3 LOK (Uncrewed Suborbital) R-7 8K72 'Luna' Booster Soyuz 7K-L3 LOK (Crewed Suborbital) R-7 8K72K 'Vostok' Booster Soyuz 7K-L3 LOK (Earth Orbit) Proton-KD Booster Soyuz 7K-L3 LOK (Circumlunar) N1 Booster Soyuz 7K-L3 LOK (Lunar Orbit) N1 Booster LK Lander (Uncrewed Earth Orbit) R-7 11A57 'Voskhod' Booster Soyuz 7K-L3 LOK / LK Lander (Earth Orbit) Proton-KD Booster Soyuz 7K-L3 LOK / LK Lander (Lunar Orbit) N1 Booster Soyuz 7K-L3 LOK / LK Lander (Lunar Landing) N1 Booster LK-700 (Suborbital) N1 Booster LK-700 (Earth Orbit) UR-700 Booster LK-700 (Circumlunar) UR-700 Booster LK-700 (Lunar Orbit) UR-700 Booster LK-700 (Lunar Landing) UR-700 Booster.
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