1956 in spaceflight

This is a list of spaceflight related events which occurred in 1956.

  • Crewed orbital spaceflight studied
  • First nuclear warhead launched on a missile
  • Atlas, Titan, Redstone programs going strong
  • China begins missile development
  • The race to launch a satellite heats up
  • Japan's first substantial sounding rocket launched, the Kappa-1, but nation wouldn't go to space until the Kappa-8 in 1960
  • First spaceflight launches from Canadian facility at Churchill

1956 in spaceflight
The Jupiter-C sounding rocket made its maiden flight in 1956
Rockets
Maiden flights Aerobee AJ10-34
Nike-Cajun
Terrapin
Jupiter-C
R-1UK
R-5RD
R-5R
Retirements Aerobee XASR-SC-1
Deacon rockoon
Nike-Nike-T40-T55
R-1E
R-1UK
R-5RD
R-5R
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