21 juill. 1961 - Virgil I. Grissom, piloting the Mercury-Redstone 4 spacecraft Liberty Bell 7, becomes the second American to go into space (sub-orbital). After splashdown, the hatch prematurely opens, and the spacecraft sinks (it is recovered in 1999)
Ajouté au bande de temps:
Date:
21 juill. 1961
Maintenaint
~ Il y a 63 ans