Today in Space flight history

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1964 A modified Titan II carries the first unmanned Gemini spacecraft into space.

 

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Correction to above
1960 Tiros 1 world's first civilian weather satellite launched

 

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April 4 1983 First flight of the shuttle Challenger

 

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This week in space history.
4/6/1965 Intelesat 1 fist geostationary communication satellite launched
4/8/1964 Modified Titan II carries first unmanned Gemini spacecraft into orbit
4/9/1959 NASA selects first 7 astronauts
4/11/1970 Apollo 13 launched.