Astronautical and Aeronautical Events of 1962 - NASA's History Office
Astronautical and Aeronautical Events of 1962 - NASA's History Office
Astronautical and Aeronautical Events of 1962 - NASA's History Office
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Jul. %<br />
Aug. 1<br />
Ang. E<br />
Aug. 11<br />
Aug. 12<br />
U W Bpacscraft<br />
(United States)<br />
COBHOB VII<br />
(U.8.8.R.).<br />
USAF SpaceCraft<br />
(United States)<br />
US.4F Spacecraft<br />
(United states)<br />
YOSTOK N<br />
(U.S.S.R.).<br />
VOSTOK IV<br />
(U.8.8.R.).<br />
1982 Alpha-<br />
Theta<br />
<strong>1962</strong> Alpha-<br />
Iota<br />
<strong>1962</strong> Alpha-<br />
Kappa<br />
1062 Alpha-<br />
Lam bda<br />
<strong>1962</strong> Alpha-<br />
Mu<br />
<strong>1962</strong> Alphb<br />
Nu<br />
Thor-<br />
Agem<br />
B.<br />
Not available.<br />
Not avail-<br />
able.<br />
Not available.<br />
Total weieht: Not available.<br />
OhJectivePbrbit sdkjlttc satellite<br />
to investigate charged particles in<br />
ionosphere corpuscular streams <strong>and</strong><br />
low-enerm’cartlcles. earth’s magnetic<br />
fleld <strong>and</strong>-irhtion belts, cloud firmations<br />
<strong>and</strong> cosmic rays<br />
Pa$losd: Not availible.<br />
Thor- _~._ Not availablc.<br />
Agena D.<br />
Atlas- Kot available.<br />
Agena B.<br />
Not avatl- Total weight: Approx. 10 Mx) lhs.<br />
able. Objective: Orbit manneh satclllte<br />
toring equipment 2 remrdrrs, trsns-<br />
mitters <strong>and</strong> trackkg beacons.<br />
Total weight: Approx. 10 Mx) Ibs.<br />
Objective: Orbit manned ’satellite<br />
in close conjunction with another<br />
manned satellite already in orbit.<br />
Investigate effects <strong>of</strong> space flight on<br />
man Make recision iwvery.<br />
P&load: 8notacially reported to<br />
Include in addition to cosmonaut<br />
TV tAsmitter aeromedical monitor!<br />
ing equipment: 2 recorders, trans-<br />
mittem <strong>and</strong> tracking beacons.<br />
251.04.---.<br />
218.2<br />
22?.43.---.<br />
Not avail-<br />
able.<br />
156, later<br />
137.2<br />
120.55..--.<br />
Not nvnil-<br />
able.<br />
105.6, later<br />
107.4<br />
h‘ot nvail-<br />
able.<br />
88.5, later<br />
88.13<br />
71.0B0-.<br />
650-.--.<br />
82.25O..<br />
Re-entered 8/24/62.<br />
Experiments reported to have<br />
functioned as planned. Re-<br />
entered 8/1/62.<br />
Reentered 8/26/62.<br />
Not Ro-entered 8,‘6/flZ.<br />
available.<br />
65O Iatf ?pacowaft carrying Cosmonaut<br />
64“50‘ Ma]. Andrlan Nikolayee transmitted<br />
llve TV to Soviet<br />
ground stations showing cosmonaut<br />
rnovekents diiring<br />
weightlessness. Cosmonaut<br />
mmnriinlcat~d several times<br />
With-v6is~o~ yv, orbited a day<br />
later On rr entry, Priknlayev<br />
left spacecraft vin ejcetion capsule.<br />
Dararhuted to earth ncar<br />
Kaiag<strong>and</strong> Kazakhstan,<br />
IJ.S.S.R., iftw 01 orbits (96<br />
hrs. 25 min.)<br />
65O-.. - - - First. tiindcm‘ flight <strong>of</strong> manned<br />
spacecraft reported to have<br />
been as cfme ss 4.3 mi. to each<br />
other at one mint in the flight.<br />
Cosmonaut -Lt. Col. Pave1<br />
Popovich in VOSTOK IV WBS in<br />
vlsual <strong>and</strong> radio contact with<br />
Cosmonaut Nikolayev in VOsmu<br />
m. “floated” in weinhtless ~I<br />
cOndition-iorF3).$ hrs. On IB<br />
entry Popovich left spacemat<br />
ha eJwtion capsule, parachuted<br />
to earth near Karsp<strong>and</strong>,<br />
Kazakhstan. U.S.8.R.. after 46<br />
orbits (70 hh. 29 e;). T<strong>and</strong>em<br />
flieht (1) demonstrated<br />
E& order <strong>of</strong> Russian launch<br />
<strong>and</strong> vehicle technology’<br />
multiplied semd timest t%<br />
amount <strong>of</strong> spaca aeromedical<br />
data.
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