Hronika osvoeniya kosmosa: 1951 god.
7.01.2001 1:06 | A. B. Zheleznyakov/Enciklopediya Kosmonavtika

16.01.1951	V SShA nachaty raboty po proektu MH-1593 (proekt Atlas).
06.04.1951	Na aerodrome Muroc Dry Lake (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya sorok chetvertyi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta XS-1 2 po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Charles YEAGER.
18.04.1951	Na aviabaze Holloman (shtat N'yu-Meksika, SShA) osushestvlen pusk rakety Aerobee po mediko-biologicheskoi programme.
20.04.1951	Na aerodrome Muroc Dry Lake (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya sorok pyatyi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta XS-1 2 po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Scott CROSSFIELD. V polete dostignuta skorost' 1,07 M.
27.04.1951	Na aerodrome Muroc Dry Lake (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya sorok shestoi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta XS-1 2 po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Scott CROSSFIELD.
15.05.1951	Na aerodrome Muroc Dry Lake (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya sorok sed'moi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta XS-1 2 po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Scott CROSSFIELD. V polete dostignuta skorost' 0,9 M.
22.06.1951	Na poligone Kapustin Yar (Astrahanskaya oblast', SSSR) osushestvlen pusk geofizicheskoi rakety V-2 po mediko-biologicheskoi programme. Na bortu rakety sovershili polet, a potom vozvratilis' na Zemlyu sobaki DEZIK i CYGAN.
12.07.1951	Na aerodrome Muroc Dry Lake (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya sorok vos'moi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta XS-1 2 po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Scott CROSSFIELD. V polete dostignuta skorost' 1,07 M.
20.07.1951	Na aerodrome Muroc Dry Lake (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya sorok devyatyi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta XS-1 2 po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Scott CROSSFIELD.
20.07.1951	Na aerodrome Muroc Dry Lake (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya pervyi ispytatel'nyi polet raketnogo samoleta X-1 3. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Joseph CANNON.
24.07.1951	Na aerodrome Muroc Dry Lake (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya pervyi ispytatel'nyi polet raketnogo samoleta X-1D. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Jean ZIEGLER.
31.07.1951	Na aerodrome Muroc Dry Lake (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya pyatidesyatyi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta XS-1 2 po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Scott CROSSFIELD.
03.08.1951	Na aerodrome Muroc Dry Lake (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya pyat'desyat pervyi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta XS-1 2 po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Scott CROSSFIELD.
07.08.1951	Na poligone White Sands (shtat N'yu-Meksika, SShA) osushestvlen pusk rakety Viking 7. Raketa dostigla vysoty 217,6 kilometrov.
08.08.1951	Na aerodrome Muroc Dry Lake (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya pyat'desyat vtoroi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta XS-1 2 po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Scott CROSSFIELD.
10.08.1951	Na aerodrome Muroc Dry Lake (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya pyat'desyat tretii issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta XS-1 2 po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Scott CROSSFIELD.
22.08.1951	Na aerodrome Muroc Dry Lake (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya pervyi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta X-1D po programme VVS SShA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Frank EVEREST. Polet okazalsya neudachnym. Vo vremya poleta proizoshlo stolknovenie raketnogo samoleta X-1D i bombardirovshika B-50. Samolet X-1D poterpel katastrofu i razbilsya. Pilot samoleta katapul'tirovalsya.
27.08.1951	Na aerodrome Muroc Dry Lake (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya pyat'desyat chetvertyi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta XS-1 2 po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Joseph WALKER. V polete dostignuta skorost' 1,16 M.
05.09.1951	Na aerodrome Muroc Dry Lake (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya pyat'desyat pyatyi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta XS-1 2 po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Scott CROSSFIELD. V polete dostignuta skorost' 1,07 M.
23.10.1951	Na aerodrome Muroc Dry Lake (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya pyat'desyat shestoi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta XS-1 2 po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Joseph WALKER. Etot polet byl poslednim poletom dannogo ekzemplyara po programme NACA.
29.10.1951	Na poligone White Sands (shtat N'yu-Meksika, SShA) osushestvlen pusk rakety A-4 (Fau-2) 66. Eto poslednii pusk trofeinoi nemeckoi rakety na amerikanskoi territorii.
09.11.1951	Na aerodrome Muroc Dry Lake (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya vtoroi ispytatel'nyi polet raketnogo samoleta X-1 3. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Joseph CANNON. Samolet poterpel katastrofu i razbilsya. Pilot samoleta poluchil smertel'nye raneniya i pozzhe skonchalsya v bol'nice.
12.1951	Pervaya gruppa nemeckih specialistov-raketchikov, vyvezennyh posle okonchaniya Vtoroi mirovoi voiny v SSSR, vozvratilis' na rodinu.
1951	Prinyata na vooruzhenie Vooruzhennyh Sil SSSR ballisticheskaya raketa R-2.