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1952 - 22 May, French Véronique 1 rocket is launched from the Algerian desert. 1952 - Wernher von Braun discusses the technical details of a crewed exploration of Mars in Das Marsprojekt. 1953 - Colliers magazine publishes a series of articles on humanity's future in space, igniting the interest of people around the world. The series includes ...
captured and improved V-2 rocket 24 October 1946: First pictures of Earth from 105 km (65 mi). United States V-2 [4] [5] 20 February 1947 First animals in space (fruit flies). United States V-2 [4] [6] 24 February 1949: First two-stage liquid-fueled rocket, that sets a record altitude of 244 miles (393 km) (WAC Corporal missile mounted onto a V ...
The early Mysorean rockets and their successor British Congreve rockets [59] reduced veer somewhat by attaching a long stick to the end of a rocket (similar to modern bottle rockets) to make it harder for the rocket to change course. The largest of the Congreve rockets was the 32-pound (14.5 kg) Carcass, which had a 15-foot (4.6 m) stick.
NASA rocket technology, spurred on by the US/Russia Space Race – Makes the first crewed Moon landing a reality. Lolo ball invented. 1971 Salyut 1, first space station, launched by Soviet Union. Runcorn Busway was the world's first bus rapid transit system. [47] 1973 – Stadtbahnwagen B hybrid tram developed.
Rocket malfunction caused the spacecraft to get stranded in low Earth orbit. [4] November 18 US: Ranger 2: Atlas-Agena: Moon Failure: Booster rocket malfunction caused spacecraft to be trapped in low Earth orbit. [5] 1962 January 26 US: Ranger 3: Atlas-Agena: Moon Failure: NASA's first attempt to land a spacecraft on the Moon.
SpaceX has broken its own record for the number of orbital rocket launches in a single year. The launch from Cape Canaveral Space Center in Florida of a Falcon 9 rocket this week passed the ...
This is a timeline of known spaceflights, both crewed and uncrewed, sorted chronologically by launch date. Due to its large size, the timeline has been split into smaller articles, one for each year since 1951. There is a separate list for all flights that occurred before 1951.
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