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October 3rd in Astronomy and Space Science

	1942	Germany successfully launches first full-range V-2 rocket to an altitude of 85 km (53 miles) from the newly constructed rocket research station at Peenemunde, Germany. This marks the first launch of a ballistic missile and the first rocket ever to go into the fringes of space.
	1962	US astronaut Wally Schirra Jr. makes an orbital flight in the Mercury capsule Sigma 7. He makes the first Pacific Ocean splashdown, landing 7.2 km (4.5 miles) from the target spot.

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