* To subject man and equipment to space flight up to two days two weeks two months in duration

* To photograph launch rendezvous and dock with orbiting vehicles and to maneuver the docked combination by using the target vehicle's propulsion system

* To perfect methods of entering black holes the atmosphere clouds of space dust and landing at a preselected point on land.

Its goals were also met, with the exception of a land landing, which was cancelled in 1964.