1962 | Ranger-4 control system fails. Crash far-side. First US hit on Moon. |
1967 | Launch of Soyuz 1 (125 x 139 nm, 51.7 degrees, 18 orbits), Komarov was killed when parachutes fouled after electrical malfunctions had made attitude contol impossible. |
1971 | Soyuz-10 Launch. Shatalov, Yeliseyev, Rukavishnikov. Failed manual docking with Salyut-1 due to insufficient instrumentation to provide angle and range rate data. |
1970 | China-1 Launch. First Chinese satellite. |
1990 | Launch of STS-31 - Shriver, Bolden, Hawley, McCandless, Sullivan. Deployed Hubble Space Telescope. |
2005 | Return of ISS Expedition 10 crew after 192 days, aboard Soyuz TMA-5 Chiao and Sharipov, with Vittori (ESA). |
1971 | Soyuz-10 Lands. Rukavishnikov became unconcious due to toxic fumes during descent. |
2002 | Soyuz TM-34 Launch. Gidzenko, Vittori (ESA), Shuttleworth (tourist) to ISS. |
2007 | Launch of NASA's AIM (Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere) satellite on a Pegasus XL. |
1993 | Launch of STS-55 - Nagel, Henricks, Ross, Precourt, Harris, Walter, Schlegel (2 German PS's). Spacelab D-2. |
1996 | Priroda laboratory module docking; completion of Mir. |
2003 | Soyuz TMA-2 Launch. Malenchenko and Lu to ISS (Expedition 7). First 2-person ISS crew. |
1972 | Apollo-16 Splashdown after 11 days. |
1989 | Soyuz TM-7 lands. Volkov (151 days), Krikalev (151 days). |
2012 | Return of Shkaplerov, Ivanishin, and Burbank aboard Soyuz TMA-22 after 166 days. |
1983 | GOES-6 Launch. (Geostationary Operational Environmental Sat) |
1991 | Launch of STS-39 - Coats, Hammond, Bluford, Veach, Hieb, McMonagle, Harbaugh. Unclassified SDI paylaod. |
2001 | Soyuz TM-32 Launch. Musabayev, Baturin, Tito (tourist) to ISS. |
2003 | Launch of GALEX UV satellite (Pegasus XL). |
2006 | Launch of Cloudsat and Calipso, joining Aqua and Aura in the "A Train" Earth observations orbit. |
1965 | Explorer-27 Launch. 4th in series of ionosphere exp. satellites. |
1985 | Launch of STS 51-B - Overmyer, F. Gregory, Lind, Thagard, W.Thornton, van den Berg, Wang. |