Un-manned spacecraft in manned programs

Below are checklists of Un-manned spacecraft in manned programs, including launch dates and images of the spacecraft. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.

Spacecraft series covered:

USA Mercury [un-manned only] program spacecraft:

Spacecraft	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Mercury-MR-2 (chimp "Ham") [sub-orbital]	1961-01-31	Mercury	Mercury [un-manned only]	Mercury [un-manned only]
Mercury-MA-2 [sub-orbital]	1961-02-21
Mercury-MA-3 [sub-orbital]	1961-04-25
Mercury-MA-4	1961-09-13
Mercury-MS-1 [failed]	1961-11-01	Mercury-MS-1
Mercury-MA-5 (chimp "Enos")	1961-11-29
Mercury-MA-8 [manned]	1962-10-03

USA Gemini [un-manned only] program spacecraft:

Spacecraft	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Gemini-GT-1	1964-04-08	Gemini-1	Gemini [un-manned only]	Gemini [un-manned only]
Gemini-GT-2 [sub-orbital]	1965-01-19
Gemini-GT-3	1965-03-23
Gemini-GT-5	1965-08-21/29
GATV-6 [failed]	1965-10-25
GATV-7	1965-12-04/17
GATV-6A	1965-12-15/16
GATV-8	1966-03-16	GATV-8
GATV-9 [failed]	1966-05-17
Atlas-ATDA	1966-06-01	Atlas-ATDA
GATV-10	1966-07-18
GATV-11	1966-09-12
GATV-12	1966-11-11

USA Saturn-Apollo and Apollo-Saturn [un-manned only] program spacecraft:

Spacecraft	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Saturn-SA-5	1964-01-29	Saturn-SA-5	Saturn-Apollo and Apollo-Saturn [un-manned only]	Saturn-Apollo and Apollo-Saturn [un-manned only]
Saturn-SA-6	1964-05-28	Saturn-SA-6
Saturn-SA-7	1964-09-18
Apollo-Saturn AS-201 [sub-orbital]	1966-02-26
Apollo-Saturn AS-203	1966-07-05	Apollo-Saturn-AS-203 Apollo-Saturn-AS-203 (launch) Apollo-Saturn-AS-203 (launch, sketch)
Apollo-Saturn AS-202 [sub-orbital]	1966-08-25	Apollo-Saturn-AS-202 (launch)
Apollo-Saturn AS-501 (Apollo-4)	1967-11-09
Apollo-Saturn AS-204 (Apollo-5)	1968-01-22	Apollo-Saturn-AS-204 (launch)
Apollo-Saturn AS-502 (Apollo-6)	1968-04-04

USA Apollo (S-4B) [un-manned only] program spacecraft:

Spacecraft	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Apollo-13 S-4B	1970-04-11	S-4B	(later) Apollo (S-4B) [un-manned only]	(later) Apollo (S-4B) [un-manned only]
Apollo-14 S-4B	1971-01-31
Apollo-15 S-4B	1971-07-26
Apollo-16 S-4B	1972-04-16
Apollo-17 S-4B	1972-12-07

USA Artemis-Orion [un-manned only] program spacecraft:

Spacecraft	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
NASA-Orion	2014-12-05	Orion Orion Orion	Artemis-Orion [un-manned only]	Artemis-Orion [un-manned only]
NASA-Orion	2019-07-02
Artemis-1 Orion	2022-11-16
Peregrine-1 / CLPS-2	2024-?	Peregrine

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