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Chronology - 1945 - Quarter 2

Previous Quarter

- 1945 Apr 1 - Nation: USA. Launch Vehicle: Private.

Private F rockets tested.
17 JPL Private F rockets were fired at Hueco Range, Fort Bliss, Tex. References: 17 .

- 1945 Apr 1 - Nation: USA. Launch Site: Wallops Island .

Wallops Island authorized.
Supplemental appropriation passed by Congress authorized expanded research on guided missiles at NACA Langley Laboratory, including establishment of a rocket launch facility at Wallops Island, Va. References: 17 .

- 1945 Apr 10 - Nation: USA.

- 1945 Apr 12 -

- 1945 Apr 28 -

- 1945 Apr 30 - Nation: USA.

- 1945 Apr 30 -

- 1945 May 5 - Nation: USSR. Launch Site: Peenemuende . Launch Vehicle: V-2.

Peenemünde occupied.
Russian ground forces occupied Peenemünde, Germany. References: 17 .

- 1945 May 7 -

- 1945 May 16 - Nation: USA.

Future astronaut Brewster Hopkinson Shaw Jr born in Cass City, Michigan, USA.

- 1945 May 20 - Nation: Russia.

Future cosmonaut Nikolai Nikolayevich Fefelov born in Nuzhni Kuba, Perm, Russia.

- 1945 May 21 - Nation: Germany.

- 1945 Jun 13 - Nation: USA.

- 1945 Jun 20 - Nation: USA.

Future astronaut James Frederick (Jim) Buchli born in New Rockford, North Dakota, USA.

- 1945 Jun 20 -

Von Braun team to be brought to the US.
U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull approved the transfer of von Braun's German rocket specialists to the United States. This transfer was known as Operation Paperclip.

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