When Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human into space on April 12, 1961, the American space program rose to the occasion, and less than a month later, astronaut Alan Shepard became the ...
On 1962, NASA launched an astronaut into orbit around the Earth for the first time. John Glenn was the third American to ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Dec. 14, 1962, NASA's Mariner 2 spacecraft flew by Venus. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] The Mariner 2 ...
On Dec. 14, 1962, NASA's Mariner 2 spacecraft flew by Venus. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] The Mariner 2 spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral on August 27, 1962, and It ...