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Chronology - 1942 - Quarter 2

Previous Quarter

- 1942 Apr 11 - Nation: Russia.

Future cosmonaut Anatoli Nikolayevich Berezovoi born in Enem, Adygeya, Russia.

- 1942 Apr 14 - Nation: Russia.

Future cosmonaut Valentin Vitalyevich Lebedev born in Moscow, Moscow, Russia.

- 1942 Apr 24 - Nation: Uzbekistan.

Future cosmonaut Valeri Abramovich Voloshin born in Yangiyul, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

- 1942 Apr 26 - Nation: Ukraine.

Future cosmonaut Vitali Andreyevich Grishchenko born in Naifeld, Sumy, Ukraine.

- 1942 Apr 27 - Nation: Russia.

Future cosmonaut Dr Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov born in Tula, Tula, Russia.

- 1942 May 2 - Nation: USSR.

- 1942 May 7 - Nation: USA.

Future astronaut Gerard Edward Magilton born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

- 1942 May 12 - Nation: Rumania.

- 1942 May 13 - Nation: Uzbekistan.

Future cosmonaut Vladimir Aleksandrovich Dzhanibekov born in Iskander, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

- 1942 May 15 - Nation: USSR.

BI-1 Flight 1 Payload: BI-1 # 1 flight 1. Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Spacecraft: BI-1. Flight Crew: Bakhchivangi.
First flight BI-1. Maximum Speed - 400 kph. Maximum Altitude - 840 m. Flight Time - 189 sec. References: 94 .

- 1942 May 15 - Nation: USSR.

First powered flight of BI-1 rocketplane. Spacecraft: BI-1.
First glide flight was on 10 September 1941, but the factory had to be evacuated to Sverdlovsk. Accidents in ground runs of the rocket engine further delayed the first powered flight. On flight 7 the aircraft crashed into the ground, killing the pilot. Plans for production were abandoned. Rocketplane testing in the USSR only resumed with the testing of German designs after the war.

- 1942 May 15 - Nation: USA.

Future astronaut Dr Anthony Wayne (Tony) England born in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

- 1942 May 21 - Nation: USA.

Future astronaut Robert Clyde (Bob) Springer born in Paterson, Missouri, USA.

- 1942 May 26 - Nation: USA. Launch Vehicle: JATO.

JATO tests.
Jet-assisted takeoff of a Brewster F2A-3 using five British antiaircraft solid-propellant rockets demonstrated at NAS Anacostia, Comdr. C. Fink Fischer as pilot. References: 17 .

- 1942 Jun 8 - Nation: Russia.

Future cosmonaut Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Skvortsov born in Tambov, Tambov, Russia.

- 1942 Jun 13 - Nation: Germany. Launch Site: Peenemuende . Launch Vehicle: V-2. FAILURE: Blew up on pad.

A-4 test.
First test of the German A-4 (V-2) rocket unsuccessful at Peenemünde, Germany. References: 17 .

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