Orbital Sciences Preps To Launch From Wallops Island, VA, SpaceX Readies Dragon For Oct. 7 Liftoff
Orbital Sciences Corporation Monday rolled the first stage of its Antares rocket to the launch pad of the nation's newest spaceport - the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island, VA - while in Florida, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) moves ahead with preparations for an Oct. 7 launch to the International Space Station for NASA's first Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission.
First Flight To Go Beyond Three Orbits Presented Unique Challenges
Often in spaceflight documentaries it is portrayed that Wally Schirra’s Project Mercury flight, Sigma 7, took place during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962. The fact is, the American public, the Kennedy Administration, the Department of Defense and even the CIA were unaware of a Cuban Missile Crisis at the time of Schirra’s flight- because the was no Cuban Missile Crisis at the time. The events of the Cuban Missile Crisis would not even begin for another two weeks.
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