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1962 in spaceflight

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John Glenn
American astronaut and politician (1921–2016)
Project Mercury
first human spaceflight program of the United States
Andriyan Nikolayev
Soviet cosmonaut
Wally Schirra
American astronaut (1923–2007)
Pavel Popovich
Soviet cosmonaut (1930–2009)
Atlas
family of American missiles and space launch vehicles
Saturn I
American launch vehicle
Transit
satellite navigation system
Molniya
Soviet rocket
Corona
series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites
Orbiting Solar Observatory
series of American solar space observatories
Saturn-Apollo 2
second test flight of the Saturn I
Project West Ford
experimental space-based radio communication project
We choose to go to the Moon
September 1962 speech by John F. Kennedy
Saturn-Apollo 3
third test flight of the Saturn I
Thor
American rocket family
NASA Astronaut Group 2
group of astronauts selected in 1962
Ariel programme
joint British/American research satellite program
Thor-Agena
Thor-Agena was a series of orbital launch vehicles. The launch vehicles used the Douglas-built Thor first stage and the Lockheed-built Agena second stages. They are thus cousins of the more-famous Thor-Deltas, which founded the Delta rocket family.
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
monitoring program for the Department of Defense
1962 in spaceflight
overview of spaceflight-related events during the year of 1962
Kosmos 3
Soviet research satellite
ANNA 1B
American satellite dedicated to geodesy
Poppy
electronic survelance satelite
SAMOS
American reconnaissance satellite series
EPE-C
former American research satellite
Galactic Radiation and Background
first US orbital surveillance program
Relay program
1960s experimental communications satellites
Environmental Research Satellite
family of artificial satellites launched in the 1960s run by the USAF
Explorer 16
NASA satellite of the Explorer program
Project Highwater
upper-atmospheric experiment performed by NASA in 1962
MS
Soviet satellites