1950 January 1 - Launch Vehicle: Buran, Burya, MKR. -
 Design of 8,000 km range winged missile begun Nation: USSR. Program: Navaho. Class: Manned. Type: Spaceplane. In parallel with the R-5 Korolev OKB NII-88 begins design of 8,000 km range winged missile. References: 70.
1950 January 6 - Launch Vehicle: Eole. -
 Eole engine explodes Nation: France. The engine begins oscillatory combustion at 20 seconds and explodes violently at 34 seconds. The explosion is visible 40 km from the LRBA test site at Vernon.
1950 January 31 - -
 Truman orders development of hydrogen bomb Nation: USA.
1950 February 9 - 21:44 GMT - Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: LC33. Launch Pad: ALA1. Launch Vehicle: Viking. LV Configuration: Viking 3. FAILURE: Veered off-course; engine cut-off at T+60 seconds. - Viking 3 Solar/Photography mission Nation: USA. Agency: USN. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi). Solar and cosmic radiation; pressure-temperature; earth photography research. Veered off-course; engine cut-off at T+60 seconds. Launched at 1444 local time. Reached 80.5 km. References: 2.
1950 February 17 - 18:01 GMT - Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: LC33. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: V-2. LV Configuration: V-2 53. - Solar x-ray / chemical release / aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: USA/NRL. Apogee: 148 km (91 mi). Launched 11:01 local time. Reached 149 km. Carried cosmic and solar radiation, pressure, temperature experiments for Naval Research Lab. References: 2.
1950 February 21 - - XS-1 Flight 131 Nation: USA. Payload: XS-1 # 1 flight 77. Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Crew: Everest. AF flight 55. Wing-and-tail-loads investigation. References: 49, 97.
1950 March 2 - Launch Vehicle: Navaho. Model: Navaho SSM-A-2. - Navaho XLR-43 engine test. Nation: USA. Program: Navaho. First full-thrust test of 75,000 pound liquid rocket engine for the Navaho (XLR43-NA-1) conducted by North American at Santa Susana, Calif. References: 17.
1950 March 15 - - Tikhonravov wrote a seminal paper on the potential uses of artificial satellites. Nation: USSR.
1950 March 24 - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. - Ramjet test. Nation: USA. First successful ramjet research model flown at Wallops Island by NACA Langely's PARD. References: 17.
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