1960s Timeline

Aug. 22, 1962 - The United States is “well behind” the Soviet Union in the space race, President Kennedy asserted today, but he repeated...

Aug. 15, 1962 - Soviet scientists, exultant over the prolonged orbital flights and safe return to earth of Vostoks III and IV, looked...

Aug. 14, 1962 - Maj. Andrian G. Nikolayev and Lieut. Col. Pavel R. Popovich, pilots of the Soviet spaceships Vostok III and Vostok IV,...

Aug. 13, 1962 - Leaders of this country’s space program are still optimistic about chances of being the first to land astronauts on the...

Aug. 13, 1962 - Two Soviet astronauts continued to circle the earth this morning on their “group flight” in space. Maj. Andrian G....

Aug. 12, 1962 - Former President Harry S. Truman (pictured right Thursday with former President Herbert Hoover at the dedication of the...

Aug. 12, 1962 - President Kennedy extended his congratulations to the Soviet Union today for its latest achievements in space. In a...

🚨Aug. 12, 1962 - Two Soviet spacecraft hurtled around the earth this morning in adjacent orbits while their pilots conversed with each...

Aug. 11, 1962 - The Soviet Union launched its third astronaut into space today on what was expected to be a prolonged orbital flight....

July 23, 1962 - This afternoon, Walter Cronkite of CBS entered NBC’s studios at 30 Rockefeller Plaza to co-host this historic Telstar ...

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June 27, 1962 - NASA announced today that the next man-in-space flight would be a six-orbit journey with Comdr. Walter M. Schirra Jr....

June 22, 1962 - Lieut. Col. John H. Glenn Jr., for the first time since he joined Project Mercury three years ago, is going on a camping...

June 5, 1962 - Here is a video clip from President Kennedy’s welcoming remarks to astronaut M. Scott Carpenter and his family #JFK #1960s...

June 5, 1962 - Lieut. Comdr. M. Scott Carpenter flew into and out of New York today through overcast weather that would have canceled the...

May 30, 1962 - Boulder gave Lieut. Comdr. Scott Carpenter one of the greatest parades in Colorado history today to wind up his triumphal...

May 27, 1962 - Lieut. Comdr. Scott Carpenter returned to the starting point of his space journey at Cape Canaveral today and was honored...

May 26, 1962 - Pravda published today a dramatic account of Lieut. Comdr. Scott Carpenter’s troubles in space but praised the American...

May 26, 1962 - Lieut. Comdr. Scott Carpenter made the mistake of leaving two control systems in operation in the final phase of his...

May 25, 1962 - The Project Mercury medical team pronounced Lieut. Commander Scott Carpenter today to have come through five hours in...