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Chronology - 1932 - Quarter 3

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- 1932 Jul 1 - Nation: Germany. Launch Vehicle: Mirak II.

Mirak II rocket reaches height of 200 feet
VfR successfully fired Mirak II rocket to height of 60 m, after which German Army Ordnance Office formalized rocket develoment program by placing Captain-Doctor Walter Dornberger in charge of Research Station West at Kummersdorf. References: 17 .

- 1932 Jul 8 - Nation: USA.

Future astronaut candidate William George Schweikhard born in Los Angeles , California, USA.

- 1932 Jul 25 - Nation: USA.

- 1932 Aug 22 - Nation: USA.

- 1932 Aug 25 - Nation: USSR.

Future cosmonaut Anatoli Yakovlevich Kartashov born in Pervoy Sadovoye, USSR.

- 1932 Aug 26 - Nation: USA.

- 1932 Aug 27 - Nation: Ukraine.

Future cosmonaut Mikhail Nikolayevich Burdayev born in Feodosina, Krim, Ukraine.

- 1932 September - Nation: USA.

Goddard continues rocket research in Worcester
A grant from the Smithsonian Institution enabled Dr. Goddard, who resumed full-time teaching at Clark University, Massachusetts, to carry out tests that did not require flights. References: 482 .

- 1932 Sep 18 - Nation: Russia.

Future cosmonaut Nikolai Nikolayevich Rukavishnikov born in Tomsk, Tomsk, Russia.

- 1932 Sep 26 - Nation: USA.

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