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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 92. Chapters: Yuri Gagarin, Gus Grissom, Project Mercury, SM-65 Atlas, Vostok 1, Alan Shepard, Explorer program, Transit, Venera 1, Ranger 1, Ham the Chimp, Ranger 2, Tyazhely Sputnik, PGM-19 Jupiter, Corona, Mercury-Redstone 4, Saturn I, OSCAR, Mercury-Redstone 3, PGM-17 Thor, HGM-25A Titan I, PGM-11 Redstone, Little Joe, Vostok 2, Mercury-Atlas 5, Mercury-Redstone 2, R-7 Semyorka, Samos, Television Infrared Observation Satellite, Gherman Titov, Korabl-Sputnik 5, Mercury-Redstone BD, Mercury-Scout 1, Black Knight, SA-1, Explorer 11, Scout X-1, Discoverer 34, Transit 3B, LOFTI-1, Discoverer 36, RM-90 Blue Scout II, Discoverer 31, Discoverer 32, Enos, FTV-2203, RM-89 Blue Scout I, Discoverer 25, Discoverer 35, Discoverer 20, Discoverer 30, Discoverer 29, Discoverer 23, Discoverer 26, Explorer 9, Samos 2, Discoverer 27, Mercury-Atlas 2, Discoverer 21, Discoverer 19, Korabl-Sputnik 4, Discoverer 24, Mercury-Atlas 4, Discoverer 28, Discoverer 22, Samos 4, Discoverer 33, Samos 3, S-45A, Mercury-Atlas 3, Little Joe 5A, Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik, Little Joe 5B, Transit Research and Attitude Control, Molniya. Excerpt: This is a list of spaceflights launched between July and December 1961. For launches between January and June, see 1961 in spaceflight (January-June). For an overview of the whole year, see 1961 in spaceflight. This is a list of spaceflights launched between January and June 1961. For launches between July and December, see 1961 in spaceflight (July-December). For an overview of the whole year, see 1961 in spaceflight. The Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force. The Corona satellites were used for photographic surveillance of the Soviet U...