1956 in spaceflight
This is a list of spaceflight related events which occurred in 1956.

 Crewed orbital spaceflight studied
 First nuclear warhead launched on a missile
 Atlas, Titan, Redstone programs going strong
 China begins missile development
 The race to launch a satellite heats up
 Japan's first substantial sounding rocket launched, the Kappa-1, but nation wouldn't go to space until the Kappa-8 in 1960
 First spaceflight launches from Canadian facility at Churchill

Launches

January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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Suborbital launch summary

By country

By rocket

See also
Timeline of spaceflight

References

Footnotes

1956 in spaceflight
Spaceflight by year