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Chronology - 1939 - Quarter 2

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- 1939 Apr 7 - Nation: USA.

- 1939 May 6 - Nation: Russia.

- 1939 May 14 - Nation: USSR.

Future cosmonaut Mars Nurgaliyevich Fathulin born in Traroye Shaimurzino Droshanovs, USSR.

- 1939 May 15 - Nation: USA.

Goddard Series P Section B rocket tests
These tests (P5-P12) ran through Aug. 4, 1939. The new gas generator was used in eight static tests at the desert launching lower. The two best tests on July 17 and Aug. 4, 1939 gave lifts of 700 lb for about 15 sec, with flow of oxygen at 4 lb/sec and gasoline at 3 lb/sec; jet velocities were in excess of 3200 ft/sec. This completed the series of 19 proving-stand tests. Average interval between tests 7 days References: 482 .

- 1939 May 19 - Nation: USA.

- 1939 Jun 13 - Nation: USSR.

Korolev's prison sentence reviewed by Soviet secret police.
The NKVD secret police confirm Korolev's sentence on 28 May 1940. On 10 July 1940 he is sentenced to eight years hard labor in the Kolyma gold mines.

- 1939 Jun 26 - Nation: Russia.

Future cosmonaut Ansar Ilgamovich Sharafutdinov born in Chelyabinsk, Russia.

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