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This is a list of spaceflights launched between January and March 1962. For launches in the rest of the year, see 1962 in spaceflight (April–June), 1962 in spaceflight (July–September) and 1962 in spaceflight (October–December). For an overview of the whole year, see 1962 in spaceflight.
Mariner 1. Mariner 1, built to conduct the first American planetary flyby of Venus, was the first spacecraft of NASA 's interplanetary Mariner program. Developed by Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and originally planned to be a purpose-built probe launched summer 1962, Mariner 1's design was changed when the Centaur proved unavailable at that early ...
Associated rockets. Atlas Atlas-Agena Nova (future) Launch Complex 14 (LC-14) is a launch site at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. LC-14 was used for various crewed and uncrewed Atlas launches, including the Friendship 7 flight aboard which John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth in February 1962. [ 1 ][ 2 ]
The Astronaut Beach House is a two-story house built in 1962 as a part of the then Neptune Beach subdivision at Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA purchased the development through eminent domain for $31,500 in 1963 to accommodate the expanding Kennedy Space Center, [1] and other private homes were removed. Unlike a nearby gas station and store, the ...
1962 in spaceflight. 1962 in spaceflight. The launch of Ariel 1, the first satellite not to be operated by the Soviet Union or United States. Orbital launches. First. 13 January. Last. 22 December. Total.
Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6) was the first crewed American orbital spaceflight, which took place on February 20, 1962. [4] Piloted by astronaut John Glenn and operated by NASA as part of Project Mercury, it was the fifth human spaceflight, preceded by Soviet orbital flights Vostok 1 and 2 and American sub-orbital flights Mercury-Redstone 3 and 4.
Set to launch no earlier than Friday, May 17, 2024, it will make history as the first spacecraft to ferry humans from Space Launch Complex 41 in Cape Canaveral. The launch pad has been the site ...
Cape Canaveral LC-36A: NASA NASA Suborbital Test flight: 8 May: Launch failure Maiden flight of Atlas-Centaur, exploded due to insulation problem, apogee: 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) 9 May 13:29:59 MGM-31 Pershing I Cape Canaveral LC-30A US Army US Army Suborbital Missile test: 9 May: Launch failure Apogee: 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) 9 May 22:08 Nike-Zeus 3