1951 October 2 - Launch Site: Holloman. Launch Complex: SLED. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Snark. Model: MX-775. -
 Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). References: 2.
1951 October 2 - Launch Site: Camp de Suippes. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. Model: Veronique R. LV Configuration: Veronique R R3. -
 Test mission Nation: France. Agency: FR. Apogee: 0 km ( mi). References: 2.
1951 October 4 - Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. Model: R-7. - Russian satellite predicted. Nation: USA. M. K. Tikhonravov in New York Times said U.S.S.R. science made feasible space flight and creation of artificial earth satellite; reported U.S.S.R. rocket advance equaled or exceeded West. References: 17.
1951 October 4 - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LA. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Lark. LV Configuration: Lark 597. FAILURE: Failure. - Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 0 km ( mi). References: 2.
1951 October 5 - Launch Site: Camp de Suippes. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. Model: Veronique R. LV Configuration: Veronique R R4. - Test mission Nation: France. Agency: FR. Apogee: 2.00 km (1.20 mi). References: 2.
1951 October 6 - Launch Site: Camp de Suippes. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. Model: Veronique R. LV Configuration: Veronique R R5. - Test mission Nation: France. Agency: FR. Apogee: 2.00 km (1.20 mi). References: 2.
1951 October 10 - Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: LC33. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Corporal. Model: Corporal E. LV Configuration: Corporal E 11R. FAILURE: Failure. - Nation: USA. Agency: USA OR. Apogee: 0 km ( mi). First flight with configuration representative of that used for the production tactical missile. References: 2.
1951 October 12 - - First Symposium on Space Flight at the Hayden Planetarium in New York City. Nation: USA. Spacecraft: Von Braun Station. The Von Braun rocket, space station, and lunar lander designs presented were popularised in the series in Colliers magazine, illustrated with gorgeous Chesley Bonestell paintings, in 1953.
1951 October 16 - Launch Site: Holloman. Launch Complex: SLED. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Snark. Model: MX-775. - Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). References: 2.
1951 October 17 - 18:17 GMT - Launch Site: Holloman. Launch Complex: A. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Model: Aerobee RTV-A-1a. LV Configuration: Aerobee RTV-A-1a USAF 20. - Ionosphere Propagation Ionosphere mission Nation: USA. Agency: ARDC. Apogee: 114 km (70 mi). lonosphere research. Launched at 1117 local time. Reached 114..3 km. References: 2.
1951 October 20 - Launch Vehicle: R-11, R-3, R-3A, R-5. -
 MOP decree authorised work to start on the R-5 and R-11. Nation: USSR. The R-3 3000 km range missile and R-3A subscale technology demonstrator were cancelled. As a replacement work was to start on the R-5 and R-11. The missiles originated as Theme N-2 of the R-3 project. This was an alternate approach to delivering nuclear warheads on West European targets - road-mobile or sub-launched missiles of shorter range with lighter warheads that could be launched from forward areas and reach enemy targets.
1951 October 23 - - XS-1 Flight 155 Nation: USA. Payload: XS-1 # 2 flight 74. Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Crew: Walker Joseph. NACA flight 54. Engine cut out after two ignition attempts; propellants jettisoned and flight completed as glide flight. Plane subsequently grounded because of possibility of fatigue failure of nitrogen spheres. References: 49, 97.
1951 October 24 - Launch Site: Holloman. Launch Complex: SLED. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Snark. Model: MX-775. - Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). References: 2.
1951 October 29 - 21:04 GMT - Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: LC33. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: V-2. LV Configuration: V-2 60. - Probe Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: USA/SCEL. Apogee: 137 km (85 mi). Launched 14:04 local time. Reached 141.3 km. Carried pressure, temperature experiments for Signal Corps Engineering Lab, University of Michigan. References: 2.
1951 October 31 - Launch Vehicle: Redstone. - Hermes project transferred to Redstone Arsenal. Nation: USA. Responsibility for Hermes II transferred to Army Ordnance Guided Missile Center at Redstone Arsenal; Hermes II redesignated the RVA-A-3 test vehicle. References: 17.
1951 November - - First symposium on space medicine Nation: USA. The first symposium on space medicine was held under U.S. Air Force and Lovelace Foundation sponsorship at Randolph Air Force Base, San Antonio, Tex. References: 16.
Late 1951/early 1952 - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Model: Atlas A. - Reports of large Russian rocket engines Nation: USA. References: 4460.
1951 November 8 - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. - Helium gun catapult. Nation: USA. First successful launching of a research model propelled by the helium gun catapult, by Langley's PARD at Wallops Island. References: 17.
1951 November 9 - Launch Site: Edwards. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. - XS-1 No. 3 destroyed in ground explosion. Nation: USA. Payload: XS-1 # 3 flight 1. Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Crew: Cannon. Planned captive flight with B-50 for propellant jettison test. XS-1 (No. 3) rocket research airplane and its B-29 "mother" airplane were destroyed on the ground by postflight explosion and fire. Pilot Cannon was injured. References: 17, 49, 97.
1951 November 15 - Launch Site: Holloman. Launch Complex: SLED. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Snark. Model: MX-775. - Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). References: 2.
1951 November 27 - Launch Vehicle: R-2. - R-2 accepted for military service. Nation: USSR. Council of Soviet Ministers (SM) Decree 4972-2096 'On adoption of the R-2 into armaments' was issued. References: 474.
1951 November 29 - Launch Site: Holloman. Launch Complex: SLED. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Snark. Model: MX-775. - Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). References: 2.
1951 November 30 - Launch Vehicle: R-2. - R-2 production authorised. Nation: USSR. Ministry of Armaments Decree 'On starting of series production of the R-2 at Dnepropetrovsk Plant No. 586' was issued. The first launch by a military unit was made with a prototype rocket in 1952. References: 474.
1951 November 30 - Launch Vehicle: R-11, R-5. - R-5, R-11 draft projects completed. Nation: USSR. Due to the extensive work already done under the Theme N-2, the 6 volume R-5 and 8 volume R-11 draft projects were delivered in record time.
1951 December - Launch Vehicle: Navaho. Model: Navaho G-38. - Navaho warhead changed Nation: USA. Program: Navaho. The missile is to carry the 100-kt W-13 device instead of the 20-kt W-4. References: 221.
1951 December - Launch Vehicle: Navaho. Model: Navaho G-26. - G-26 booster preliminary design review. Nation: USA. Program: Navaho. References: 221.
1951 December 6 - Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Corporal. Model: Corporal. LV Configuration: Corporal 12-11. - Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: USA?. Apogee: 30 km (18 mi). References: 2.
1951 December 14 - Launch Site: Holloman. Launch Complex: SLED. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Snark. Model: MX-775. - Test mission Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). References: 2.
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