<snip> > On January 31, 1958 - Reacting > swiftly to the Soviet success with Sputnik I, the United > States makes its first foray into space a highly successful > one. > > http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/0HfWdXXPRWY/ > > WIRED Magazine - First U.S. Satellite Discovers Van Allen > Belt
Other significant space missions took place on this day. 1961-01-31: Space chimp Ham launched on board Mercury-Redstone 2 1971-01-31: Apollo 14/Kitty Hawk/Antares (Alan Shepard, Ed Mitchell, and Stu Roosa) launched, nearly 10 years after Shepard's Mercury/Freedom 7 flight http://www.universetoday.com/82960/more-space-anniversaries-apollo-14-and-ham/ _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
