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February 17, 1959: The first weather satellite, Vanguard 2, is launched by the U.S. Vanguard2.jpg
February 17, 1959: The first weather satellite, Vanguard 2, is launched by the U.S.
February 12, 1959: New penny released on Lincoln's 150th birthday 2005 Penny Rev Unc D.png
February 12, 1959: New penny released on Lincoln's 150th birthday

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February 1, 1959 (Sunday)

February 2, 1959 (Monday)

February 3, 1959 (Tuesday)

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February 3, 1959, "The Day the Music Died": Buddy Holly (left), J.P. Richardson (middle), and Ritchie Valens (right) killed in plane crash (below)

February 4, 1959 (Wednesday)

February 5, 1959 (Thursday)

February 6, 1959 (Friday)

February 7, 1959 (Saturday)

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Malan

February 8, 1959 (Sunday)

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Donovan

February 9, 1959 (Monday)

February 10, 1959 (Tuesday)

February 11, 1959 (Wednesday)

February 12, 1959 (Thursday)

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Reverse side of the phased-out "wheat" penny

February 13, 1959 (Friday)

February 14, 1959 (Saturday)

February 15, 1959 (Sunday)


February 16, 1959 (Monday)

February 17, 1959 (Tuesday)

February 18, 1959 (Wednesday)

February 19, 1959 (Thursday)

February 20, 1959 (Friday)

February 21, 1959 (Saturday)

February 22, 1959 (Sunday)

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Crossfield
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The X-15

February 23, 1959 (Monday)

February 24, 1959 (Tuesday)

February 25, 1959 (Wednesday)

February 26, 1959 (Thursday)

February 27, 1959 (Friday)

February 28, 1959 (Saturday)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Project Mercury</span> Initial American crewed spaceflight program (1958–1963)

Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. An early highlight of the Space Race, its goal was to put a man into Earth orbit and return him safely, ideally before the Soviet Union. Taken over from the US Air Force by the newly created civilian space agency NASA, it conducted 20 uncrewed developmental flights, and six successful flights by astronauts. The program, which took its name from Roman mythology, cost $2.68 billion. The astronauts were collectively known as the "Mercury Seven", and each spacecraft was given a name ending with a "7" by its pilot.

Project Vanguard was a program managed by the United States Navy Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), which intended to launch the first artificial satellite into low Earth orbit using a Vanguard rocket. as the launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Missile Annex, Florida.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Saturn (rocket family)</span> Family of American heavy-lift rocket launch vehicles

The Saturn family of American rockets was developed by a team of former German rocket engineers and scientists led by Wernher von Braun to launch heavy payloads to Earth orbit and beyond. The Saturn family used liquid hydrogen as fuel in the upper stages. Originally proposed as a military satellite launcher, they were adopted as the launch vehicles for the Apollo Moon program. Three versions were built and flown: the medium-lift Saturn I, the heavy-lift Saturn IB, and the super heavy-lift Saturn V.

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