1963
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Events
- July 19 - Joe Walker, World War II pilot, experimental physicist, NASA test pilot, and astronaut, becomes the first person to fly an airplane in space.
- Spacecraft "Vostok 6" carries the first female Human into space.
The Vostok orbits Earth 45 times, performing a formation fly-by with its companion craft, Vostok 5.
- NASA launches "Syncom 2," the world's first geostationary (synchronous) satellite.
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