Portal:Spaceflight/Anniversaries/August


 * August 12, 1962 - First time two spacecraft were in space at once (Vostok 3 and 4).
 * August 20, 1977 - Voyager 2 launched towards Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
 * August 23, 1963 - Joseph A. Walker, on X-15 Flight 91, becomes first person to fly into space twice.
 * August 27, 1962 - Mariner 2 launched toward 1st Venus Flyby
 * August 30, 1983 - On Space Shuttle flight STS-8, Guion Bluford becomes the first African-American in space.