Space History

This Week In Space History

      Friday November 27th:

            1965 First French satellite launched, on Diamant; France becomes third nation to orbit its own satellite.

            1971 USSR Mars-2 Arrives Mars orbit. Deploys lander but it fails.

            1980 Soyuz-T-3 Launch. Kizim, Makarov, Strekalov. Dock w/ Salyut 6.

            2009 Landing of Atlantis after mission STS-129, on KSC runway 33
Final Space Shuttle crew rotation flight to ISS (returning Stott).

      Saturday November 28th:

            1964 Mariner-4 Launched to Mars flyby.

            1983 Launch of STS-9 - Young, Shaw, Garriott (W5LFL), Parker, Lichtenberg, Merbold.

            1996 Stuck hatch cancels 2 EVAs from Columbia on STS-80.

      Sunday November 29th:

            1961 Launch of Mercury-Atlas 5 with chimp Enos (2 orbits, 110 x 148 nm)

            2008 Landing of Endeavour, after mission STS-126 on runway 04L at Edwards with Chamitoff from Expedition 18.

      Monday November 30th:

            1964 Zond-2 Launched toward Mars. Fails during interplanetary cruise.

            1970 OAO-B Launch. Fails to orbit.

      Tuesday December 1st:

            1960 Sputnik-6 Launch. 3rd Vostok test. Dog dies in failed recovery.

            2000 Launch of STS-97 - Jett, Bloomfield, Tanner, Garneau, Noriega.
ISS Assembly Flight 4A, P6 Truss.

            2009 Return of Romanenko, De Winne and Thirsk aboard Soyuz TMA-15 after 189 days.

      Wednesday December 2nd:

            1971 USSR Mars-3 Arrives Mars orbit. Lander soft lands but no images transmitted.

            1974 Soyuz-16 Launch. Filipchenko, Rukavishnikov. Test of systems for ASTP.

            1988 Launch of STS-27 - Gibson, G.Gardner, Mullane, Ross, Shepherd. DoD mission.

            1990 Launch of STS-35 - Brand, Gardner, Lounge, Parker, Hoffman, Durrance, Parise.
ASTRO-1 Spacelab.

            1990 Soyuz TM-11 Launch. Afanasyev, Manarov, Akiyama (Japanese). To MIR.

            1992 Launch of STS-53 - Walker, Cabana, Bluford, Jim Voss, Clifford. DoD.

            1993 Launch of STS-61 - Covey, Bowersox, Musgrave, Nicollier, Hoffman, K. Thornton, Akers.
First HST repair mission.

            2014 Launch of Japan's Hayabusa-2 to rendezvous and land on asteroid 1993 JU3 using 4 landers and one impactor.

      Thursday December 3rd:

            1965 Luna-8 Launch. Retros fire late. Impact, Ocean of Storms.

            1974 Pioneer-11 Flyby of Jupiter (26,683 miles). Enroute interstellar.

            1985 STS 61-B Lands at Edwards Air Force Base.

            1999 Mars Polar Lander contact lost during Mars entry.

            2010 Landing of DARPA/US Air Force X-37B orbital spaceplane OTV-1 after 226 days.
Second automated runway landing following orbital re-entry (first was Buran in 1988).

            2018 Launch of Kononenko, Saint-Jacques, and McClain aboard Soyuz MS-11 to join ISS Expedition 57/58.

            2018 OSIRIS-REx arrives at asteroid Bennu.

Space history data compiled by Jay Apt. Thanks to the following good sources:
TRW Space Log, NASA Glenn Research Center Space Calendar,
Rick von Glahn's CompuServe SpaceForum archive,
Jonathan's Space Report, and astronautix.com

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Schedule
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1965	First French satellite launched, on Diamant; France becomes third nation to orbit its own satellite.
1971	USSR Mars-2 Arrives Mars orbit. Deploys lander but it fails.
1980	Soyuz-T-3 Launch. Kizim, Makarov, Strekalov. Dock w/ Salyut 6.
2009	Landing of Atlantis after mission STS-129, on KSC runway 33 Final Space Shuttle crew rotation flight to ISS (returning Stott).

1964	Mariner-4 Launched to Mars flyby.
1983	Launch of STS-9 - Young, Shaw, Garriott (W5LFL), Parker, Lichtenberg, Merbold.
1996	Stuck hatch cancels 2 EVAs from Columbia on STS-80.

1961	Launch of Mercury-Atlas 5 with chimp Enos (2 orbits, 110 x 148 nm)
2008	Landing of Endeavour, after mission STS-126 on runway 04L at Edwards with Chamitoff from Expedition 18.

1964	Zond-2 Launched toward Mars. Fails during interplanetary cruise.
1970	OAO-B Launch. Fails to orbit.

1960	Sputnik-6 Launch. 3rd Vostok test. Dog dies in failed recovery.
2000	Launch of STS-97 - Jett, Bloomfield, Tanner, Garneau, Noriega. ISS Assembly Flight 4A, P6 Truss.
2009	Return of Romanenko, De Winne and Thirsk aboard Soyuz TMA-15 after 189 days.

1971	USSR Mars-3 Arrives Mars orbit. Lander soft lands but no images transmitted.
1974	Soyuz-16 Launch. Filipchenko, Rukavishnikov. Test of systems for ASTP.
1988	Launch of STS-27 - Gibson, G.Gardner, Mullane, Ross, Shepherd. DoD mission.
1990	Launch of STS-35 - Brand, Gardner, Lounge, Parker, Hoffman, Durrance, Parise. ASTRO-1 Spacelab.
1990	Soyuz TM-11 Launch. Afanasyev, Manarov, Akiyama (Japanese). To MIR.
1992	Launch of STS-53 - Walker, Cabana, Bluford, Jim Voss, Clifford. DoD.
1993	Launch of STS-61 - Covey, Bowersox, Musgrave, Nicollier, Hoffman, K. Thornton, Akers. First HST repair mission.
2014	Launch of Japan's Hayabusa-2 to rendezvous and land on asteroid 1993 JU3 using 4 landers and one impactor.

1965	Luna-8 Launch. Retros fire late. Impact, Ocean of Storms.
1974	Pioneer-11 Flyby of Jupiter (26,683 miles). Enroute interstellar.
1985	STS 61-B Lands at Edwards Air Force Base.
1999	Mars Polar Lander contact lost during Mars entry.
2010	Landing of DARPA/US Air Force X-37B orbital spaceplane OTV-1 after 226 days. Second automated runway landing following orbital re-entry (first was Buran in 1988).
2018	Launch of Kononenko, Saint-Jacques, and McClain aboard Soyuz MS-11 to join ISS Expedition 57/58.
2018	OSIRIS-REx arrives at asteroid Bennu.