1956 in spaceflight

1956 in spaceflight

The Jupiter-C sounding rocket made its maiden flight in 1956
Rockets
Maiden flights	Aerobee AJ10-34 Nike-Cajun Terrapin Jupiter-C R-1UK R-5RD R-5R
Retirements	Aerobee XASR-SC-1 Deacon rockoon Nike-Nike-T40-T55 R-1E R-1UK R-5RD R-5R
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This is a list of spaceflight related events which occurred in 1956.

• Crewed orbital spaceflight studied
• First nuclear warhead launched on a missile
• Atlas, Titan, Redstone programs going strong
• China begins missile development
• The race to launch a satellite heats up
• Japan's first substantial sounding rocket launched, the Kappa-1, but nation wouldn't go to space until the Kappa-8 in 1960
• First spaceflight launches from Canadian facility at Churchill