This Month in (Vintage) Space History -- October 2012
Channel: The Vintage Space
Date: 2012-11-26

Chuck Yeager flew through the sound barrier on October 14, 1947; the Soviet Union launched Sputnik on October 4, 1957, and NASA went into operation on October 1, 1958. We look at all three events on this edition of This Month in (Vintage) Space History.

For more spaceflight history, check out my blog Vintage Space: http://amyshirateitel.com/vintagespace/

For more on Yeager's supersonic flight: http://amyshirateitel.com/2012/10/14/when-yeager-eased-through-the-sound-barrie/
For more on the psychology of Sputnik: http://news.discovery.com/space/the-psychology-of-sputnik-121004.html