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August 12th in Astronomy and Space Science

	1960	U.S. launches Echo 1, a 30.5 m (100 foot) diameter metalized balloon that acts as a passive communications satellite, reflecting signals sent from the ground.
	1962	USSR launches the Vostok 4 spacecraft with cosmonaut Pavel Popovich. Andrian Nikolayev in Vostok 3 had been launched the previous day. The two craft approach within 3 miles of each other, but the rendezvous is due entirely to launch trajectory, as neither spacecraft is able to maneuver in orbit.

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