Dec 16, 2023Col. Yeager Suffers Burns after Climbing to Near-Record AltitudeDec. 16, 1963 - Colonel Charles Yeager of the U.S. Air Force, who rode a spinning Lockheed NF-104A space training plane from 90,000 to...
Oct 26, 2023Khrushchev: No Plans To Put Soviet Astronaut on MoonOct. 26, 1963 - Premier Khrushchev has declared that the Soviet Union would not race the U.S. to put a man on the moon. The statement...
Sep 23, 2023France To Fire Cat Into SpaceSept. 23, 1963 - France announced today she would fire a cat into space late next month aboard a rocket launched from the Sahara. At the...
