Space History

This Week In Space History

      Monday November 19th:

            1969 Apollo-12 Conrad, Bean land in Oceanus Procellarum.

            1996 Launch of STS-80 - Cockrell, Rominger, Musgrave, Jernigan, Jones.
Orfeus-Spas, Wake Shield.

            1997 Launch of STS-87 - Kregel, Lindsey, Scott, Chawla, Doi, Kadenyuk (Ukranian).
Failed Spartan Deploy; EVA to retrieve it.

            2012 Return of Malenchenko, S. Williams, and Hoshide aboard Soyuz TMA-05M after 127 days.

            2016 Launch of GOES R (GOES 16), the first in a new series of NOAA weather satellites

      Tuesday November 20th:

            1959 Discoverer-8 Launch. Capsule lost.

            1975 Explorer-55 Launch. Atmoshpere explorers look at pollution.

            1998 Zarya Launch. First modeule of ISS.

            2004 Launch of Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer.

      Wednesday November 21st:

            1964 Explorer-24/25 Launch. 3rd & 4th in series of air density experiments.

            1985 Soyuz-T-14 Lands! Vasyutin became ill. Mission ended after 65 days.

      Thursday November 22nd:

            1989 Launch of STS-33 - F. Gregory, Blaha, Musgrave, Carter, K. Thornton. DoD mission.

            2011 Return of Volkov, Fossum, and Furukawa aboard Soyuz TMA-02M after 169 days.

      Friday November 23rd:

            1983 Soyuz-T-9 Lands. 149 days.

            2014 Launch of Soyuz TMA-15M. Shkaplerov, Virts, and Cristoforetti to join ISS Expedition 42/43.

      Saturday November 24th:

            1969 Apollo-12 Splashdown 10 days 4 hours.

            1991 Launch of STS-44 - F. Gregory, Henricks, Musgrave, Jim Voss, Runco, Hennen.
Defense Support Program Satellite.

            2002 Launch of STS-113. Weatherbee, Lockhart, Herrington, Lopez-Alegria.
Bowersox, Budarin, Pettit (ISS Expedition 6). ISS Assembly Flight 11A P1 Truss.

      Sunday November 25th:

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

Based on the today.cgi Perl script © 1998 The Puppet Master.
Formdate.pl subroutine © 1997 Craig Patchett & Matt Wright.

Schedule
Jay Apt Here

1969	Apollo-12 Conrad, Bean land in Oceanus Procellarum.
1996	Launch of STS-80 - Cockrell, Rominger, Musgrave, Jernigan, Jones. Orfeus-Spas, Wake Shield.
1997	Launch of STS-87 - Kregel, Lindsey, Scott, Chawla, Doi, Kadenyuk (Ukranian). Failed Spartan Deploy; EVA to retrieve it.
2012	Return of Malenchenko, S. Williams, and Hoshide aboard Soyuz TMA-05M after 127 days.
2016	Launch of GOES R (GOES 16), the first in a new series of NOAA weather satellites

1959	Discoverer-8 Launch. Capsule lost.
1975	Explorer-55 Launch. Atmoshpere explorers look at pollution.
1998	Zarya Launch. First modeule of ISS.
2004	Launch of Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer.

1964	Explorer-24/25 Launch. 3rd & 4th in series of air density experiments.
1985	Soyuz-T-14 Lands! Vasyutin became ill. Mission ended after 65 days.

1989	Launch of STS-33 - F. Gregory, Blaha, Musgrave, Carter, K. Thornton. DoD mission.
2011	Return of Volkov, Fossum, and Furukawa aboard Soyuz TMA-02M after 169 days.

1983	Soyuz-T-9 Lands. 149 days.
2014	Launch of Soyuz TMA-15M. Shkaplerov, Virts, and Cristoforetti to join ISS Expedition 42/43.

1969	Apollo-12 Splashdown 10 days 4 hours.
1991	Launch of STS-44 - F. Gregory, Henricks, Musgrave, Jim Voss, Runco, Hennen. Defense Support Program Satellite.
2002	Launch of STS-113. Weatherbee, Lockhart, Herrington, Lopez-Alegria. Bowersox, Budarin, Pettit (ISS Expedition 6). ISS Assembly Flight 11A P1 Truss.