Hronika osvoeniya kosmosa: 1950 god.
7.01.2001 2:05 | A. B. Zheleznyakov/Enciklopediya Kosmonavtika

17.02.1950	Na poligone White Sands (shtat N'yu-Meksika, SShA) osushestvlen pusk rakety A-4 (Fau-2). Raketa dostigla rekordnoi vysoty v 148 kilometrov.
21.02.1950	Na aerodrome Muroc Dry Lake (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya pyat'desyat vos'moi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta XS-1 1 po programme VVS SShA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Frank EVEREST.
26.04.1950	Na aerodrome Muroc Dry Lake (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya pyat'desyat devyatyi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta XS-1 1 po programme VVS SShA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Charles YEAGER.
05.05.1950	Na aerodrome Muroc Dry Lake (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya shestidesyatyi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta XS-1 1 po programme VVS SShA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Jack RIDLEY.
08.05.1950	Na aerodrome Muroc Dry Lake (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya shest'desyat pervyi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta XS-1 1 po programme VVS SShA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Jack RIDLEY.
11.05.1950	S ostrova Jarvis v Tihom okeane osushestvlen pusk amerikanskoi rakety Viking 4. Raketa dostigla vysoty 168 kilometrov.
12.05.1950	Na aerodrome Muroc Dry Lake (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya shest'desyat vtoroi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta XS-1 1 po programme VVS SShA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Charles YEAGER. Etot polet byl poslednim poletom dannogo ekzemplyara. Posle zaversheniya issledovatel'skoi programmy samolet byl peredan v Smitsonievskii institut.
12.05.1950	Na aerodrome Muroc Dry Lake (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya tridcat' sed'moi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta XS-1 2 po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik John GRIFFITH.
17.05.1950	Na aerodrome Muroc Dry Lake (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya tridcat' vos'moi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta XS-1 2 po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik John GRIFFITH. V polete dostignuta skorost' 1,13 M.
26.05.1950	Na aerodrome Muroc Dry Lake (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya tridcat' devyatyi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta XS-1 2 po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik John GRIFFITH. V polete dostignuta skorost' 1,2 M.
24.07.1950	S Cape Canaveral (shtat Florida, SShA) osushestvlen pervyi raketnyi pusk. Byla zapushena raketa Bumper-WAC 8.
29.07.1950	S Cape Canaveral (shtat Florida, SShA) osushestvlen pusk rakety Bumper- WAC 7. Raketa dostigla vysoty 304 kilometra.
09.08.1950	Na aerodrome Muroc Dry Lake (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya sorokovoi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta XS-1 2 po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik John GRIFFITH. V polete dostignuta skorost' 0,98 M.
11.08.1950	Na aerodrome Muroc Dry Lake (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya sorok pervyi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta XS-1 2 po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik John GRIFFITH.
31.08.1950	Na poligone White Sands (shtat N'yu-Meksika, SShA) osushestvlen pusk rakety A-4 (Fau-2) 51 po mediko-biologicheskoi programme. Na bortu rakety nahodilis' dve obez'yany i dve myshi.
21.09.1950	Na aerodrome Muroc Dry Lake (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya sorok vtoroi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta XS-1 2 po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik John GRIFFITH. V polete dostignuta skorost' 0,9 M.
03.10.1950	V Parizhe (Franciya) na Pervom Mezhdunarodnom astronavticheskom kongresse prinyato reshenie o sozdanii Mezhdunarodnoi astronavticheskoi federacii (MAF).
04.10.1950	Na aerodrome Muroc Dry Lake (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya sorok tretii issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta XS-1 2 po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik John GRIFFITH.
10.1950	V filiale 1 NII-88 na odnom iz ostrovov ozera Seliger, gde rabotali nemeckie raketchiki, vyvezennye iz Germanii posle okonchaniya voiny, prekrasheny vse sekretnye raboty po raketnoi tematike.
11.1950	Na vooruzhenie Vooruzhennyh sil SSSR prinyata raketa R-1.