Oct 7 1961

From The Space Library

Soviet E-166 jet fighter flown to 1,482.039 miles per hour in closed 100-kilometer course, according to Moscow claim. Second stage of Nike-Zeus exploded at 2-mile altitude in test launch.

U.S.S.R. launched fourth multistage rocket 7,500 miles into the Pacific.

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