November 29
Posted in White History on Nov 29th, 2011
1965 Canada launched the Alouette 2 research satellite into orbit. It was designed to explore the ionosphere. 1961 NASA launched Mercury-Atlas 5 with a chimpanzee, named Enos, on board. It was considered a necessary preliminary checkout of the entire Mercury program before risking a human astronaut. The craft orbited the Earth twice and splashed down [...]