Early Test Flights | ||
1962 Mar 16 First Test Flight of Titan II |
1962 Jun 7 Test Flight 2 of Titan II |
1962 July 25 Test Flight 4 of Titan II |
1962 Sep 12 Test Flight 5 of Titan II
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1962 Oct 12 Test Flight 6 of Titan II |
1963 May 9 Titan II Fired Second Stage |
1963 May 29 Titan II Test for Gemini Program |
1963 Jun 28 Boiler Plate Endurance Test | 1963 Aug 21 Titan II Pre-Gemini Instrumentation Test |
1963 Nov 1 Titan II Pogo Effect Suppression Test |
1964 Jan 15 Gemini POGO Test | 1964 Jan 17 Titan II Gemini Test |
1964 Jan 21 Titan II Gemini Test | 1964 Mar 19 Gemini Capsule Test |
1964 Apr 9 Titan II Last Gemini Test |
Gemini Unmanned Launches |
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1964 Apr 8 Gemini 1 |
1964 Dec 9 Gemini 2 Mission Canceled |
1964 May 28 Gemini Unmanned Paraglider Flight |
1965 Jan 19 Gemini 2 |
The Space Race was a technological competition between the United States and the Soviet Union in demonstrating superiority in aerospace capabilities, including artificial satellites launches, robotic space probes to the Moon, Venus, and Mars, and human spaceflight in low Earth orbit and ultimately landing on the Moon. This blog features my collection of US and Soviet Union space events on covers and press photos.