User:Jdallen

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My name is Jeff Allen and I am a UNIX Systems Administrator at the Faculty of Computer Science at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

My primary contributions to Wikipedia will be in history, particularly European history. I'll also try to add some local stuff for Halifax and eastern Canada.

Launch Date Country Program Callsign Details Launch vehicle
October 4, 1957 Flag of the Soviet UnionSoviet Union Sputnik Sputnik 1 First artificial satellite R-7 Semyorka
November 3, 1957 Flag of the Soviet UnionSoviet Union Sputnik Sputnik 2 First animal in space, Laika, and first casualty R-7 Semyorka
February 1, 1958 Flag of the United StatesUnited States Explorer Explorer 1 1st American satellite and first to detect Van Allen radiation belt Juno I
February 3, 1958 Flag of the Soviet UnionSoviet Union Sputnik Sputnik 3 initial launch attempt failed R-7 Semyorka
March 5, 1958 Flag of the United StatesUnited States Explorer Explorer 2 failed to reach orbit due to launch vehicle failure Jupiter-C
March 26, 1958 Flag of the United StatesUnited States Explorer Explorer 3 nearly identical to Explorer 1 Jupiter-C
May 25, 1958 Flag of the Soviet UnionSoviet Union Sputnik Sputnik 3 R-7 Semyorka
July 26, 1958 Flag of the United StatesUnited States Explorer Explorer 4 Intended to study Van Allen radiation belt Jupiter-C
August 24, 1958 Flag of the United StatesUnited States Explorer Explorer 5 Launch vehicle failure Jupiter-C
September 23, 1958 Flag of the Soviet UnionSoviet Union Luna Luna 1958A launch vehicle failure
October 12, 1958 Flag of the Soviet UnionSoviet Union Luna Luna 1958B launch vehicle failure
December 4, 1958 Flag of the Soviet UnionSoviet Union Luna Luna 1958C launch vehicle failure
January 2, 1959 Flag of the Soviet UnionSoviet Union Luna Luna 1 1st object in heliocentric orbit, passed within 5,995 km of the Moon R-7 Semyorka
June 16, 1959 Flag of the Soviet UnionSoviet Union Luna Luna 1959A launch vehicle failure
August 21, 1959 Flag of the United StatesUnited States Mercury Little Joe 1 Test of launch escape system during flight Little Joe
May 15, 1960 Flag of the Soviet UnionSoviet Union Sputnik Sputnik 4
August 19, 1960 Flag of the Soviet UnionSoviet Union Sputnik Sputnik 5 Carried Belka and Strelka into orbit
December 1. 1960 Flag of the Soviet UnionSoviet Union Sputnik Sputnik 6 Carried Pchelka and Mushka into orbit, destroyed after failed re-entry
February 4, 1961 Flag of the Soviet UnionSoviet Union Sputnik Sputnik 7 Reached orbit but launch of planetary probe to Venus failed
February 12, 1961 Flag of the Soviet UnionSoviet Union Venera Sputnik 8 Reached orbit and successfully launched Venera 1 probe to Venus
Venera 1 First interplanetary probe, passed within 100,000 km of Venus
December 21, 1968 Flag of the United StatesUnited States Apollo Apollo 8 First manned spacecraft to orbit the moon Saturn V

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