Hronika osvoeniya kosmosa: 1956 god.
7.01.2001 1:07 | A. B. Zheleznyakov/Enciklopediya Kosmonavtika

11.01.1956	S poligona Kapustin Yar (Astrahanskaya oblast', SSSR) proizveden pusk ballisticheskoi rakety R-5M. Pusk proshel bez zamechanii.
01.1956	OKB-1 v Podlipkah (Moskovskaya oblast', SSSR) posetili rukovoditeli kommunisticheskoi partii Sovetskogo Soyuza i sovetskogo gosudarstva i oznakomilis' s rabotami, vedushimisya v OKB po raketnoi tematike.
30.01.1956	Podpisano postanovlenie Soveta Ministrov SSSR # 149-88SS o sozdanii v 1957-1958 godah iskusstvennogo sputnika Zemli.
20.02.1956	S poligona Kapustin Yar (Astrahanskaya oblast', SSSR) proizveden pusk ballisticheskoi rakety R-5M s yadernym zaryadom. Raketa dostigla zadannogo raiona v Aral'skih Karakumah (Kazahskaya SSR, SSSR), gde i proizoshel yadernyi vzryv.
14.03.1956	Na poligone Cape Canaveral (shtat Florida, SShA) provedeny pervye testovye ispytaniya rakety "Jupiter-A".
24.03.1956	Na aviabaze Edwards (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya pervyi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta H-2 # 1 po programme VVS SShA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Frank EVEREST. V polete dostignuta skorost' 0,91 M.
03.04.1956	Na aviabaze Edwards (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya tretii issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta H-1E po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Joseph WALKER.
04.04.1956	Na aviabaze Edwards (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya devyatnadcatyi ispytatel'nyi polet raketnogo samoleta H-3 po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Joseph WALKER.
25.04.1956	Na aviabaze Edwards (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya vtoroi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta H-2 # 1 po programme VVS SShA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Frank EVEREST. V polete dostignuta skorost' 1,4 M. Eto pervyi polet so skorost'yu bol'she skorosti zvuka na samolete H-2.
30.04.1956	Na aviabaze Edwards (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya chetvertyi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta H-1E po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Joseph WALKER.
01.05.1956	Na aviabaze Edwards (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya tretii issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta H-2 # 1 po programme VVS SShA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Frank EVEREST. V polete dostignuta skorost' 1,683 M.
02.05.1956	S poligona Wallops Island (shtat Virdzhiniya, SShA) osushestvlen zapusk vysotnoi issledovatel'skoi rakety "Aerobee-Hi".
08.05.1956	Na poligone White Sands (shtat N'yu-Meksika, SShA) osushestvlen zapusk geofizicheskoi rakety "Aerobee-Hi". Raketa dostigla vysoty 186,4 kilometra.
11.05.1956	Na aviabaze Edwards (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya pyatyi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta H-1E po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Joseph WALKER.
11.05.1956	Na aviabaze Edwards (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya chetvertyi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta H-2 # 1 po programme VVS SShA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Frank EVEREST. V polete dostignuta skorost' 1,8 M.
22.05.1956	Na aviabaze Edwards (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya pyatyi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta H-2 # 1 po programme VVS SShA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Frank EVEREST. V polete dostignuta skorost' 2,53 M.
23.05.1956	Na aviabaze Edwards (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya dvadcatyi ispytatel'nyi polet raketnogo poleta H-3 po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Joseph WALKER. Etim poletom zavershena programma poletov raketnogo samoleta H-3.
25.05.1956	Na aviabaze Edwards (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya shestoi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta H-2 # 1 po programme VVS SShA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Ivon KINCHELOE. V polete prevyshena skorost' zvuka.
01.06.1956	V provincii Sin'zyan (Kitai) nachalos' stroitel'stvo raketnogo poligona Jiuquan.
07.06.1956	Na aviabaze Edwards (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya shestoi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta H-1E po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Joseph WALKER.
14.06.1956	V OKB-1 (g. Podlipki, Moskovskaya oblast', SSSR) nachata komponovka rakety-nositelya R-7 special'no pod prosteishii sputnik.
18.06.1956	Na aviabaze Edwards (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya sed'moi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta H-1E po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Joseph WALKER.
29.06.1956	S poligona Wallops Island (shtat Virdzhiniya, SShA) osushestvlen zapusk vysotnoi issledovatel'skoi rakety "Aerobee-Hi". Raketa dostigla vysoty 262 kilometra.
12.07.1956	Na aviabaze Edwards (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya sed'moi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta H-2 # 1 po programme VVS SShA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Frank EVEREST.
23.07.1956	Na aviabaze Edwards (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya vos'moi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta H-2 # 1 po programme VVS SShA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Frank EVEREST. V polete dostignuta skorost' 2,87 M.
26.07.1956	Na aviabaze Edwards (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya vos'moi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta H-1E po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Joseph WALKER.
03.08.1956	Na aviabaze Edwards (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya devyatyi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta H-2 # 1 po programme VVS SShA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Ivon KINCHELOE. V polete prevyshena skorost' 2,5 M.
08.08.1956	Na aviabaze Edwards (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya desyatyi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta H-2 # 1 po programme VVS SShA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Ivon KINCHELOE.
14.08.1956	Podpisan prikaz # 310 po Ministerstvu oboronnoi promyshlennosti SSSR, soglasno kotoromu OKB-1, rukovodimoe Sergeem Pavlovichem KOROLEVYM, vydeleno iz sostava NII-88 v samostoyatel'nuyu organizaciyu.
14.08.1956	Na aviabaze Edwards (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya pervyi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta H-1V po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik John McKAY.
24.08.1956	Na poligone Wallops Island (shtat Virdzhiniya, SShA) osushestvlen zapusk pyatistupenchatoi rakety. Eto pervyi eksperiment po zapusku pyatistupenchatoi rakety.
29.08.1956	Na aviabaze Edwards (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya vtoroi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta H-1V po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval John McKAY.
31.08.1956	Na aviabaze Edwards (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya devyatyi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta H-1E po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Joseph WALKER.
07.09.1956	Na aviabaze Edwards (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya tretii issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta H-1V po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik John McKAY.
07.09.1956	Na aviabaze Edwards (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya odinnadcatyi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta H-2 # 1 po programme VVS SShA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Ivon KINCHELOE. V polete dostignuta skorost' 1,7 M.
14.09.1956	Na aviabaze Edwards (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya desyatyi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta H-1E po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Joseph WALKER.
18.09.1956	Na aviabaze Edwards (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya chetvertyi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta H-1V po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik John McKAY.
20.09.1956	Na aviabaze Edwards (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya odinnadcatyi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta H-1E po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Joseph WALKER.
20.09.1956	Na poligone Cape Canaveral (shtat Florida, SShA) osushestvlen pervyi pusk rakety "Jupiter-C". Poleznaya nagruzka rakety sovershila polet po suborbital'noi traektorii.
21.09.1956	Na poligone Wallops Island (shtat Virdzhiniya, SShA) osushestvlen pusk rakety "Terrapin".
27.09.1956	Na aviabaze Edwards (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya dvenadcatyi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta H-2 # 1 po programme VVS SShA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Melburn APT. V polete dostignuta skorost' 3,2 M. Pri sovershenii posadki samolet poterpel katastrofu i razbilsya. Letchik pogib.
28.09.1956	Na aviabaze Edwards (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya pyatyi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta H-1V po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik John McKAY.
03.10.1956	Na aviabaze Edwards (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya dvenadcatyi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta H-1E po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Joseph WALKER.
15.11.1956	S poligona Fort Churchill (Kanada) osushestvlen pusk amerikanskoi geofizicheskoi rakety "Aerobee-Hi".
16.11.1956	Aviabaza Vandenberg (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) vybrana v kachestve mesta ispytanii i bazirovaniya mezhkontinental'nyh ballisticheskih raket.
20.11.1956	Na aviabaze Edwards (shtat Kaliforniya, SShA) sostoyalsya trinadcatyi issledovatel'skii polet raketnogo samoleta H-1E po programme NACA. Samolet pilotiroval letchik Joseph WALKER.
08.12.1956	Na poligone White Sands (shtat N'yu-Meksika, SShA) osushestvlen pusk rakety "Viking # 13". testovyi polet v ramkah otrabotki zapuska iskusstvennogo sputnika Zemli.
17.12.1956	V SShA nachaty raboty po razrabotke raket morskogo bazirovaniya "Polaris".
1956	Prinyata na vooruzhenie Vooruzhennyh Sil SSSR ballisticheskaya raketa srednei dal'nosti R-5M, sposobnaya nesti yadernuyu boegolovku.
1956	Prinyata na vooruzhenie Vooruzhennyh Sil SSSR takticheskaya raketa na gusenichnoi samohodnoi puskovoi ustanovke R-11M, sposobnaya nesti yadernuyu boegolovku.