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1962 in spaceflight

  • Project MercuryThe Soviet Union placed the first satellite into orbit in October 1957. This event shocked the American public and triggered a growing fear that the US was…
  • Wally SchirraWalter Marty Schirra Jr. was born on the 12th of March 1923 in Hackensack, New Jersey. His family history stretched back to the Italian-speaking village of…
  • Saturn IWernher von Braun's team at the U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency began studying a heavy-lift vehicle in April 1957. They calculated that a rocket with the…
  • We choose to go to the MoonOn the 12th of April 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space. This event occurred before the United States could launch its first…