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Chronology - 1948 - Quarter 1

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- 1948 Jan 6 - Nation: USA.

Future astronaut Guy Spencer Gardner born in Alta Vista, Virginia, USA.

- 1948 Jan 6 - Nation: USA.

XS-1 Flight 61 Payload: XS-1 # 2 flight 23. Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Flight Crew: Hoover.
NACA flight 3. Turns and pull-ups to buffet. Mach 0.74. References: 49 , 97 .

- 1948 Jan 8 - Nation: USA.

XS-1 Flight 62 Payload: XS-1 # 2 flight 24. Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Flight Crew: Hoover.
NACA flight 4. Turns and pull-ups to buffet. Mach 0.83. References: 49 , 97 .

- 1948 Jan 9 - Nation: USA.

XS-1 Flight 63 Payload: XS-1 # 2 flight 25. Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Flight Crew: Lilly.
NACA flight 5. Pilot familiarization. References: 49 , 97 .

- 1948 Jan 12 - Nation: USA.

Test vehicles reach 1,019 mph.
Northrop Aircraft Co. announced that rocket-powered test vehicles at Muroc Air Base, Calif., had attained a speed of 1,019 mph. References: 17 .

- 1948 Jan 15 - Nation: USA.

USAF policy for development of earth satellites 'at the proper time'.
General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Vice Chief of Staff, United States Air Force, approved a policy calling for the development of earth satellites at the proper time. References: 483 .

- 1948 Jan 15 - Nation: USA.

XS-1 Flight 64 Payload: XS-1 # 2 flight 26. Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Flight Crew: Lilly.
NACA flight 6. Turns and pull-ups to buffet. Sideslips. Mach 0.76. References: 49 , 97 .

- 1948 Jan 16 - Nation: Latvia.

Future cosmonaut Anatoliy Yakovlevich Solovyov born in Riga, Riga, Latvia.

- 1948 Jan 16 - Nation: USA.

XS-1 Flight 65 Payload: XS-1 # 1 flight 39. Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Flight Crew: Yeager.
AF flight 17. Airspeed calibration. Mach 0.9. References: 49 , 97 .

- 1948 Jan 20 - Nation: USA.

Future astronaut Jerry Lynn Ross born in Crown Point, Indiana, USA.

- 1948 Jan 21 - Nation: USA.

XS-1 Flight 66 Payload: XS-1 # 2 flight 27. Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Flight Crew: Hoover.
NACA flight 7. Stabilizer effectiveness investigation. Mach 0.82 at 8845 m. References: 49 , 97 .

- 1948 Jan 22 - Nation: USA. Launch Site: White Sands . Launch Complex: LC33. Launch Vehicle: V-2. LV Configuration: V-2 number 34.

V-2 number 34 Agency: Naval Research Lab. Apogee: 160 km.
Launched 13:12 local time. Reached 159.7 km. Carried cosmic radiation, pressure, temperature, ionosphere experiments for Naval Research Lab.

- 1948 Jan 22 - Nation: USA.

XS-1 Flight 67 Payload: XS-1 # 1 flight 40. Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Flight Crew: Yeager.
AF flight 18. Pressure distribution survey. Mach 1.2. References: 49 , 97 .

- 1948 Jan 23 - Nation: USA.

XS-1 Flight 68 Payload: XS-1 # 2 flight 28. Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Flight Crew: Hoover.
NACA flight 8. Attempted high-speed run aborted at mach 0.83, drop in chamber pressure. References: 49 , 97 .

- 1948 Jan 27 - Nation: USA.

XS-1 Flight 69 Payload: XS-1 # 2 flight 29. Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Flight Crew: Hoover.
NACA flight 9. High-speed run to mach 0.925 at 11590 m. Cylinders 2 and 3 failed to fire. References: 49 , 97 .

- 1948 Jan 29 - Nation: Japan.

Future astronaut Mamoru Mohri born in Yoichi, Hokkaido, Japan.

- 1948 Jan 30 -

Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi by Hindu fanatic

- 1948 Jan 30 - Nation: USA.

XS-1 Flight 70 Payload: XS-1 # 1 flight 41. Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Flight Crew: Yeager.
AF flight 19. Pressure distribution survey. Mach 1.1. References: 49 , 97 .

- 1948 Feb 4 - Nation: USA. Launch Site: Edwards .

D-558 first flight.
First flight of reseach airplane Douglas D-558-II (No. 1), John Martin of Douglas as pilot. Airplane had both jet and rocket engines and was flown from ground takeoff. References: 17 .

- 1948 Feb 6 - Nation: USA. Launch Site: White Sands . Launch Complex: LC33. Launch Vehicle: V-2. LV Configuration: V-2 number 36.

V-2 number 36 Agency: General Electric. Apogee: 111 km.
Launched 10:15 local time. Reached 111.3 km. Carried No upper atmosphere experiments. Technology flight for General Electric. Successful electronic flight control demonstrated by General Electric technicians for Army Ordnance.

- 1948 Feb 19 - Nation: USA.

Future astronaut Dr Byron Kurt Lichtenberg born in Straudsburg, Pennsylvania, USA.

- 1948 Feb 24 - Nation: USA.

XS-1 Flight 71 Payload: XS-1 # 1 flight 42. Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Flight Crew: Fitzgerald.
AF flight 20. Engine fire after launch forced jettisoning of propellants, completed as a glide flight. References: 49 , 97 .

- 1948 Mar 4 - Nation: USA.

XS-1 Flight 72 Payload: XS-1 # 2 flight 30. Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Flight Crew: Hoover.
NACA flight 10. High-speed run to mach 0.943 at 12200 m. References: 49 , 97 .

- 1948 Mar 5 - Nation: USA. Launch Site: White Sands . Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. LV Configuration: RTV-N-8.

Aerobee A-5 Agency: John Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory. Apogee: 118 km.
Cosmic radiation research. Launched at 1020 local time. Reached 117.5 km.

- 1948 Mar 10 - Nation: USA.

XS-1 Flight 73 Payload: XS-1 # 2 flight 31. Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Flight Crew: Hoover.
NACA flight 11. First NACA supersonic flight. First civilian supersonic flight. Mach 1.065. Nosewheel failed to extend for landing. Minor damage. References: 49 , 97 .

- 1948 Mar 11 - Nation: USA.

Disagreement within US military on rocket roles
Key West Agreement formulated by military service chiefs which delineated respective service roles and missions. It did not clearly assign military aeronautical and rocket research and development responsibilities to the services. References: 17 .

- 1948 Mar 11 - Nation: USA.

XS-1 Flight 74 Payload: XS-1 # 1 flight 43. Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Flight Crew: Yeager.
AF flight 21. Attained mach 1.25 in dive. References: 49 , 97 .

- 1948 Mar 18 - Nation: USA. Launch Vehicle: V-2.

V-2 project winding down.
V-2 Upper Atmosphere Research Panel, representing all U.S. interested agencies, was renamed the Upper Atmosphere Rocket Research Panel. References: 17 .

- 1948 Mar 19 - Nation: USA. Launch Site: White Sands . Launch Complex: LC33. Launch Vehicle: V-2. LV Configuration: V-2 number 39.

V-2 number 39 Agency: General Electric. Apogee: 6 km.
Launched 16:10 local time. Reached 5.5 km. Carried Magnetic field, composition, winds, temperature (Signal Corps Engineering Lab, University of Michigan) experiments for General Electric.

- 1948 Mar 22 - Nation: USA.

XS-1 Flight 75 Payload: XS-1 # 2 flight 32. Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Flight Crew: Hoover.
NACA flight 12. Stability and loads investigation. Mach 1.12. References: 49 , 97 .

- 1948 Mar 26 - Nation: USA.

XS-1 Flight 76 Payload: XS-1 # 1 flight 44. Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Flight Crew: Yeager.
AF flight 22. Attained mach 1.45 at 12239 m during dive. Fastest flight ever made in original XS-1 aircraft. References: 49 , 97 .

- 1948 Mar 30 - Nation: USA.

XS-1 Flight 77 Payload: XS-1 # 2 flight 33. Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Flight Crew: Hoover.
NACA flight 13. Stability and loads investigation. Mach 0.90. References: 49 , 97 .

- 1948 Mar 31 - Nation: USA.

XS-1 Flight 78 Payload: XS-1 # 2 flight 34. Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Flight Crew: Lilly.
NACA flight 14. Stability and loads investigation. Plane attained mach 1.1. References: 49 , 97 .

- 1948 Mar 31 - Nation: USA.

XS-1 Flight 79 Payload: XS-1 # 1 flight 45. Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Flight Crew: Yeager.
AF flight 23. Engine shutdown after launch. Propellants jettisoned, completed as glide flight. References: 49 , 97 .

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