Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 2101, NASA Parkway, Houston, Harris County, Texas, 77058, United States
Omega
CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins78% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 78%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterFratello: "NASA completed all these tests on March 1st, 1965"; Monochrome: the Speedmaster was declared "Flight Qualified for all Manned Space Missions" on the 1st of March 1965 (Fratello adds that the formal qualification followed on 1 June 1965).[1]
After a gruelling test series that Rolex and Longines-Wittnauer chronographs failed, NASA completed its trials on 1 March 1965 and the Omega Speedmaster became the watch qualified for all manned space missions.
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