1960s Timeline

May 19, 1963 - Major Gordon Cooper (pictured in his capsule after recovery) gave the world today a personal report on his 22-orbit,...

May 18, 1963 - Major Gordon Cooper came “home” to Hawaii today to get his first feel of solid ground as America’s newest space hero. The...

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May 17, 1963 - The Soviet press today provided for Soviet readers brief but largely factual accounts of Major Gordon Cooper’s orbital...

May 17, 1963 - Major Gordon Cooper expressed wonderment today at being able to see his home area near Houston, Tex., and smoke curling...

May 17, 1963 - A thrill of delight went around New York City last night when Major Gordon Cooper piloted his spacecraft to a safe...

May 16, 1963, President Kennedy telephoned his congratulations to Major Gordon Cooper minutes after he emerged from the space capsule...

May 16, 1963 - Major Gordon Cooper landed safely in the Pacific today after a magnificently executed 22-orbit flight. The closing phase...

May 16, 1963 - Major Gordon Cooper was speeding around the earth today on the longest spaceflight ever made by an American. At 3 a.m....

May 15, 1963 - Major Gordon Cooper, assigned to spend more time in space than any other American to date, christened his space vehicle...

May 15, 1963 - A capacity crowd of 8,000 jammed into the main concourse of New York’s Grand Central Terminal today to watch the televised...

May 15, 1963 - President Kennedy expressed happiness at the success of Major Gordon Cooper’s launching into space this morning at 9:04...

May 15, 1963 - Astronaut Gordon Cooper thundered into orbit this morning at 9:04 a.m. in a flawless launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The...

May 14, 1963 - After a 24-hour postponement, it’s “go” again for astronaut Gordon Cooper’s 22-orbit rocket ride tomorrow morning. Project...

Apr. 1, 1963 - On his forthcoming 22-orbit flight, Major Gordon Cooper (pictured), the Mercury astronaut, will send back a television...

Mar. 30, 1963 - The first Negro candidate for future U.S. manned space programs was among 15 test pilot trainees whose names were...

Feb. 20, 1963 - The first anniversary of John Glenn’s flight into space is being celebrated by Warner Brothers with the release of a...

Feb. 20, 1963 - Lieut. Col. John H. Glenn Jr. presented the space capsule Friendship VII to the Smithsonian Institution today. Along with...

Feb. 20, 1963 - Temperatures on the surface of Venus were found by the Mariner space probe to be about 800 degrees Fahrenheit, it was...

Here are President John F. Kennedy’s introductory remarks recorded for a U.S. Marine Corps film, “The John Glenn Story.” #nasa #JFK