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Aviation History
1963
1963 - 1927.PDF
732 FLIGHT International, 31 October 1963 CHRONOLOGY OF MAJOR NASA LAUNCHINGS... Date Aug 12 Sep 25 Oct 4 NOV 3 Nov 8 Nov 21 Nov 23 Dec 4 Dec 15 Dec 19 1961 Jan 31 Feb 16 Feb 21 Feb 24 Mar 18 Mar 24 Mar 25 Apr 25 Apr 27 Apr 28 May 5 May 24 June 30 July 12 July 21 Aug 15 Aug 23 Aug 25 Sep 13 Oct 19 Oct 27 Nov 1 Nov 18 NOV 29 1962 Jan 15 Name Echo 1 Pioneer Scout Explorer 8 Little Joe 5 Mercury Tiros 2 Explorer Pioneer Mercury Mercury Explorer 9 Mercury Explorer Little Joe 5A Mercury Explorer 10 Mercury Explorer 11 Little Joe 5B Freedom 7 Explorer Explorer Tiros 3 Liberty Bell 7 Explorer 12 Ranger 1 Explorer 13 Mercury P-21 probe Saturn Mercury Ranger 2 Mercury Echo (test) General Mission Communications satellite Lunar orbiter Launch vehicle test Scientific satellite Suborbital Mercury capsule test Suborbital Mercury capsule test Meteorological satellite Scientific satellite Lunar orbiter Suborbital Mercury capsule test Suborbital Mercury capsule test Scientific satellite Suborbital Mercury capsule test Scientific satellite Suborbital Mercury capsule test Vehicle test for Mercury flight Scientific satellite and probe Orbital Mercury capsule test Scientific satellite Suborbital Mercury capsule test Suborbital manned Mercury flight Scientific satellite Scientific satellite Meteorological satellite Suborbital manned Mercury flight Scientific satellite Lunar probe Scientific satellite Orbital Mercury capsule test Scientific geoprobe Launch vehicle test Orbital Mercury network check Lunar probe Orbital Mercury capsule test Suborbital com munications test Launch vehicle Delta Atlas Able Scout Juno 2 Little Joe Mercury- Redstone Delta Scout Atlas Able Mercury- Redstone Mercury- Redstone Scout Mercury- Atlas Juno 2 Little Joe Mercury- Redstone Delta Mercury- Atlas Juno 2 Little Joe Mercury- Redstone Juno 2 Scout Delta Mercury- Redstone Delta Atlas Agena B Scout Mercury- Atlas Scout Saturn C-1 Mercury- Scout Atlas Agena B Mercury- Atlas Thor Launch site Canaveral Canaveral Wallops Canaveral Wallops Canaveral Canaveral Wallops Canaveral Canaveral Canaveral Wallops Canaveral Canaveral Wallops Canaveral Canaveral Canaveral Canaveral Wallops Canaveral Canaveral Wallops Canaveral Canaveral Canaveral Canaveral Wallops Canaveral Wallops Canaveral Canaveral Canaveral Canaveral Canaveral Mission results S • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • P ! U • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Remarks First passive communication satellite; 100ft sphere used for passive communications and air density experiments. Second-stage failure. Air Force Special Weapons Center payload included. Ion, electron, and micrometeoroid measurements. Mercury escape system qualification; premature escape-rocket firing. Upon being fired, a Mercury-Redstone (MR-1) rose one inch, stopped firing, and settled back on the launching pad; was fired again on December 19. The Mercury capsule escape rocket also fired. The capsule was recovered and also reused on December 19. Combined infrared measurements with photography. Wide-angle photographs substandard. Second-stage failure; combined vehicle test and inflatable sphere. Exploded after 70sec. Suborbital, 235-mile flight. Booster oversped; chimpanzee (Ham) in 16min flight. Repeat of December 4,1960, shot. Satellite tracking transmitter did not function, but optical tracking provided atmospheric density data. Suborbital, 1,425-mile flight. Second-stage malfunction prevented third and fourth stage firing. Mercury escape system qualification; premature escape-rocket firing. Booster development test necessitated by MR-2 flight. Magnetometer probe; highly eccentric orbit (145,000- mile apogee). Failure in first stage; abort successful. Gamma-ray experiment. One booster engine fired late; repeat of Mercury escape system test. First US suborbital manned space flight (Shepard). Second-stage failure. Third-stage failure. Vehicle test and micrometeoroid experiment. One camera system failed by end of July. Grissom flight. Various experiments including energetic particles profile. First space test of Ranger instrumentation only partial success, since Agena failed to restart. Re mained in parking orbit. Orientation, communi cations, and electronics worked well for more than 100 orbits. Premature re-entry due to tip-off. Vehicle test and micrometeoroid experiment. One orbit; capsule recovered; tracking network checked. Reached 4,261 miles. Electron density measurement, vehicle test. First stage only. Destroyed after 30sec; USAF-launched. Space test of Ranger instrumentation unsuccessh since Agena failed to restart. Remained in parking orbit. Two orbits. Enos the chimpanzee was recovered. Canister ejection and opening successful, but 135ft sphere ruptured. _ S, successful; P, partial success; U, unsuccessful Continued on page
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