The event thus effectively triggered what came to be known as the Space Race. This simulator was designed to provide a pilot with a detailed visual encounter with the lunar surface; the machine consisted primarily of a cockpit, a closed-circuit TV system, and four large murals or scale models representing portions of the lunar surface as seen from various altitudes. #, Fidel Castro sits in a tank during the Bay of Pigs Invasion in April of 1961. Charged with fighting guerrilla bands in the Vietnam countryside, the marines are similar to their American counterparts. Photo taken on September 19, 1961.

#, Argentinean Alex Mitoff reels under from an attack by Cassius Clay in the sixth round of a televised boxing match from Louisville, Kentucky, on October 7, 1961. John Clark of Jacksonville, Florida, At extreme left is Capt. Kennedy, normally a fast mover, was halted in his tracks when students broke through police barrier. #, A policeman orders his dog to attack an African-American who was too slow in obeying his order to move away from in front of police court, shortly before nine African-American college students went on trial for sitting-in at a white city library, on March 29, 1961, in Jackson, Mississippi. #, East German workers assemble a wall of concrete blocks in the French sector of East Berlin, on August 15, 1961. SpaceX makes history as the first private company to launch astronauts into space. #, An unidentified student demonstrator is choked by two policemen in Tokyo, Japan, on June 8, 1961, during a clash when police tried to disperse student demonstrators protesting against a controversial anti-political violence bill near the parliament building. It is roughly the size of the state of Arizona and is located in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. In addition to paving the way to the future U.S. manned orbital spaceflights, the Freedom 7 mission also somehow eased the blow to the American space program that was inflicted by the success of Vostok 1.

A mob surrounds flaming auto belonging to the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Egypt on February 15, 1961, after setting it on fire during protest of death of Patrice Lumumba in the Congo. The image was captured by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), a network of eight linked telescopes around the world. #, Kennith Gelpey wears protective clothing as he emerges from a fallout shelter in Medford, Massachusetts, on October 23, 1961, with a geiger counter in hand to "test for radiation". All Rights Reserved. The Crew Demo 2 test flight successfully launches two astronauts into orbit on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). #, The fellows at Homan Hall, Fresno State College's men's dormitory, claim a world record for stacking 73 people on a dormitory bed, on May 17,1961 in Fresno, California, This photo was taken prior to topping the pile with five girls to break the record.
National Guard troops enforcing martial law work out with bayonets and gas masks as they go through training maneuvers at Fort Dixie Graves in Montgomery, Alabama, on May 3, 1961.

A giant electrified model of the human brain's control system is demonstrated by Dr. A.G. Macleod, at the meeting of the American Medical Association in New York, on June 26, 1961. Philae is released from the Rosetta space probe and makes a perilous seven hour descent to the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. 19-year-old Duke University student and part-time secretary in the Washington office of Senator Clair Engle of California, Trumpauer arrived in Jackson, Mississippi to take part in the June 4, 1961 Mississippi Freedom Ride. Data received from the probe indicate that it has passed a barrier known as the heliosphere, which marks the extreme outer edge of the Sun's influence. It was a complex project that cost nearly $2 million dollars. The Soviets also had plans for a manned mission to the Moon, but by 1969, their Cold War rival had a spacecraft and a crew that would claim the ultimate victory in the Space Race: Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin.

Orbiting space stations make scientific experiments possible.

Astronaut Alan Shepard, at left, receives a medal from President John F. Kennedy, with fellow astronauts and Vice President Lyndon Johnson looking on in Washington, District of Columbia, in 1961. In this section of Sea and Sky, you can explore the major milestones that led to the development of our manned space programs and learn about the history of space exploration. After a 10-year, 4 billion-mile journey, Rosetta enters orbit around comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, atop a camel, enchants the ancient sphinx and pyramids at Giza, near Cairo, Egypt, on January 28, 1961. An unidentified student demonstrator is choked by two policemen in Tokyo, Japan, on June 8, 1961, during a clash when police tried to disperse student demonstrators protesting against a controversial anti-political violence bill near the parliament building. Space program 1961-1962 Timeline created by wattarat. Lumumba was a Congolese independence leader and the first legally elected Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo. #, Freedom riders stand at ticket counter of the bus station in Montgomery, Alabama, on May 24, 1961, as they purchase tickets to continue their ride through the south. On May 25, 1961, he stood before Congress to deliver a special message on "urgent national needs." Another feature is an automatic timing device which would record TV programs during the viewers' absence to be played back later. On July 21, at 5:57 AM eastern daylight time, Atlantis lands at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the last time and officially ends the 30-year space shuttle program. The Japanese ultra-nationalists held their "Patriotic Day" in Tokyo on May 1, 1961, while a record 1,560,000 workers observed the annual May Day celebration throughout the country. One of these space cookies will be on display at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.
#, Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, atop a camel, enchants the ancient sphinx and pyramids at Giza, near Cairo, Egypt, on January 28, 1961. #, Wilma Rudolph of Clarksville, Tennessee, holds flowers and medals presented to her after two victories in the U.S.-Russia track and field meet in Moscow, Russia on July 15, 1961. Amy Coney Barrett’s Judicial Philosophy Doesn’t Hold Up to Scrutiny, The Difference Between Feeling Safe and Being Safe, The World Is Trapped in America’s Culture War, The Supreme Court Is Helping Republicans Rig Elections. A refugee from the German Democratic Republic (DDR) is seen during his attempt to escape from the East German part of Berlin to West Berlin by climbing over the Berlin Wall on October 16, 1961. NASA will now look to private companies to provide transportation to low Earth orbit for the ISS and future projects. 19-year-old Duke University student and part-time secretary in the Washington office of Senator Clair Engle of California, Trumpauer arrived in Jackson, Mississippi to take part in the June 4, 1961 Mississippi Freedom Ride. USA: Voyager 1: 2012: First manmade probe in interstellar space – by NASA. #, Ocean rescue, as a helicopter lifts NASA astronaut Alan Shepard from the water in May of 1961. It is the largest and most advanced rover ever to land on the red planet. John F. Kennedy speaks for the first time as President of the United States in front of the Capitol in Washington, District of Columbia, on January 20, 1961, during the inaugural ceremonies. The Apollo 11 spacecraft took off from the Kennedy Space Center on July 16, 1969. Linea de tiempo sobre las teorías del origen de la vida, Principales acontecimientos de la edad Antigua y la Edad Media, HISTORIA DE LA ÉTICA (Linea de Tiempo), See more Science and Technology timelines.

Print; Main. Vostok 2 is launched by the U.S.S.R., carrying Cosmonaut Gherman Titov, John Glenn became the first man to orbit the earth - 3 times. An East German worker lays some of the first stone blocks of the Berlin Wall in August of 1961, shortly after the border between East and West Berlin was sealed. USA & Japan A half-century ago, much of the world was in a broad state of change: We were moving out of the post-World War II era, and into both the Cold War and the Space Age, with broadening civil rights movements and anti-nuclear protests in the U.S. During his descent, he reaches a top speed of 833 mph (1,340 kph). Signs indicate end of the French zone in the city. William Lyons, of Lubbock, Texas, who joined the fight. Soon after the launch of Project Mercury, NASA laid down plans for the first manned Moon landing. East German workers assemble a wall of concrete blocks in the French sector of East Berlin, on August 15, 1961. The Hayabusa2 spacecraft successfully deploys two rovers called MINERVA-II 1A and 1B to the surface of an asteroid known as Ryugu. John Clark of Jacksonville, Florida, At extreme left is Capt. Gelpey and his family spent the weekend in the shelter to test their equipment. NASA HISTORY, 1958-1998 1 Oct. 1958 On this date the National Aeronautics and Space Administration began operation. Period: Apr 1, 1961 to Dec 20, 1962. space program 1961-1962 Apr 12, 1961.