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During the summer of 1962 final preparations were underway for the first U.S. attempt to reach another planet. The planet was Venus, Earth’s closest planetary neighbor. This first flight would be accomplished by the JPL built Mariner 2 spacecraft…
Diagram of Mariner
Mainer 2 Launch
Mariner 2
Rose Parade Float
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Relay 1
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In February of 1962, the United States put John Glenn into orbit. This prompted Soviet leadership to suddenly asked Chief Designer Korolev to launch the next space spectacular promptly. To make this mission truly spectacular the Soviets decided to launch a group flight of two Vostoks lasting up to four days in orbit.
Nikolaev
Popovich
Rolling Out
Vostok 4 on Pad
Popovich in Orbit
Nikolaev & Popovich
Mission Patch
By Dave
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As part of the pre-Apollo preparations, NASA created the Ranger series of missions to take high-quality pictures of the Moon and transmit them back to Earth in real time…
Ranger 4
Ranger 4
Ranger 4 Launch
Ariel 1
Ariel 1 Launch
Telstar 1
Telstar Engineers
Goonhilly
By Dave
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Mercury Control was still undecided on the course of action to take with the heat shield problem. Some controllers thought the retrorocket pack should be jettisoned after retrofire, while other controllers thought the retro pack should be retained, as added assurance that the heat shield would stay in place…
Watching the Mission
Splashdown
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The Mercury 7
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Glenn and JFK
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NYC Parade
Friendship 7
