|
The year 1962 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. ==Astronomy and space exploration== * January 26 – Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the Moon by 22,000 miles. * February 4–5 – During a new moon and total solar eclipse, an extremely rare grand conjunction of the classical planets occurs, including all five of the naked-eye planets plus the Sun and Moon, all within 16° of each another on the ecliptic. * February 19 – Penumbral lunar eclipse. * February 20 – Mercury program: While aboard ''Friendship 7'', John Glenn orbits the Earth three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes, becoming the first American to do so. * April 26 – The Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon. * May 24 – Mercury program: Scott Carpenter becomes the second American to orbit the Earth aboard ''Aurora 7''. * July 17 – Penumbral lunar eclipse. * July 11 – First live transatlantic television broadcast from the United States to Britain, via AT&T's Telstar, the world's first active, direct relay communications satellite (launched the previous day on a NASA Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral) and Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station. * July 22 – Mariner program: The Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed. * July 31 – Annular solar eclipse. * August 15 – Penumbral lunar eclipse. * September 29 – The Canadian ''Alouette 1'', the first satellite built outside the United States or the Soviet Union, is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1962 in science」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|