January 30, 1964
Launch of Elektron-1 and Elektron-2 satellites by one rocket to reveal and study the Earth's radiation belts. Elektron-1 satellite was separated at the launch vehicle powered flight phase.

October 12-13, 1964
A Voskhod multi-seat spacecraft with three cosmonauts on board is in orbit.

March 18, 1965
The Voskhod-2 spacecraft is in orbit. World first spacewalk and free flight in space is performed by cosmonaut Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov.

April 23, 1965
The first launch of a Molniya-series (Molniya-1) communication satellite into a high-elliptical geosynchronous orbit.

November 16, 1965
Launch of Venera-3 automatic interplanetary station which delivered a pennant with USSR emblem to the Venus surface on March 1, 1966.

January 31, 1966
The Luna-9 unmanned interplanetary station performed soft landing to the Moon and transmitted TV images of the Moon surface to the Earth.