Space History

This Week In Space History

      Tuesday May 21st:

            1965 Ranger-9 Launch. 5814 photos. First closeups of crater interior.

            1986 Soyuz-TM-1 Launch. Unpiloted. Docked with Mir for 6 days.

      Wednesday May 22nd:

            1969 Apollo-10 Stafford, Cernan take LM down to 50,000 feet over Moon.

            1981 GOES-5 Launch. (Geostationary Operational Environmental Sat)

            1981 Soyuz-40 Lands.

            2012 Launch of Dragon C2+ spacecraft on SpaceX Falcon 9. First commercial cargo spacecraft to ISS.

      Thursday May 23rd:

      Friday May 24th:

            1962 Launch of Mercury 7 - Carpenter (100 x 167 nm, 32.5 degrees, 3 orbits) "Aurora 7"

            2006 Launch of GOES 13 (GOES N) weather satellite.

            2009 Landing of Atlantis, after mission STS-125 on Edwards runway 22, after the final HST servicing mission.

            2011 Return of Kondryatev, Nespoli, and Coleman aboard Soyuz TMA-20 after 167 days.
They photographed Endeavour docked to ISS.

      Saturday May 25th:

            1973 Launch of Skylab 2 - Conrad, Kerwin, Weitz.
Day-one EVA for repairs on the orbital workshop.

            1975 Soyuz-18B Launch. Klimuk, Sevastvanov. Dock with Salyut-4.

            1980 Soyuz-36/35 Launch. Kubasov, Farkas (Hungarian). Dock with Salyut-6.

            2012 Berthing of Dragon C2+ spacecraft to ISS. First delivery of cargo to ISS by a commercial spacecraft.

      Sunday May 26th:

            1969 Apollo-10 Splashdown first live color TV from space.

            1981 Soyuz-T-4 Lands.

            1991 Soyuz TM-11 lands. Afanasyev (175 days), Manarov (175 days), Sharman (British).

            2010 Landing of Atlantis after mission STS-132, on KSC runway 33.

      Monday May 27th:

            1961 President Kennedy proposes Apollo program to Congress.
"We choose to do these things not because they are easy, but because they are hard."

            1999 Launch of STS-96 - Rominger, Husband, Jernigan, Ochoa, Berry, Payette, Tokarev.
ISS logistics flight.

            2009 Launch of Soyuz TMA-15. Romanenko, De Winne (ESA) and Thirsk (Canada), bringing ISS to 6 crew
along with Padelka, Barratt, and Wakata they constitute Expedition 20.

            2011 Final spacewalk from a Space Shuttle. Fincke and Chamitoff, 7 hours and 24 minutes.
162 Shuttle EVAs, starting on STS-6 in April 1983. 108 for ISS.

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

1965	Ranger-9 Launch. 5814 photos. First closeups of crater interior.
1986	Soyuz-TM-1 Launch. Unpiloted. Docked with Mir for 6 days.

1969	Apollo-10 Stafford, Cernan take LM down to 50,000 feet over Moon.
1981	GOES-5 Launch. (Geostationary Operational Environmental Sat)
1981	Soyuz-40 Lands.
2012	Launch of Dragon C2+ spacecraft on SpaceX Falcon 9. First commercial cargo spacecraft to ISS.

1962	Launch of Mercury 7 - Carpenter (100 x 167 nm, 32.5 degrees, 3 orbits) "Aurora 7"
2006	Launch of GOES 13 (GOES N) weather satellite.
2009	Landing of Atlantis, after mission STS-125 on Edwards runway 22, after the final HST servicing mission.
2011	Return of Kondryatev, Nespoli, and Coleman aboard Soyuz TMA-20 after 167 days. They photographed Endeavour docked to ISS.

1973	Launch of Skylab 2 - Conrad, Kerwin, Weitz. Day-one EVA for repairs on the orbital workshop.
1975	Soyuz-18B Launch. Klimuk, Sevastvanov. Dock with Salyut-4.
1980	Soyuz-36/35 Launch. Kubasov, Farkas (Hungarian). Dock with Salyut-6.
2012	Berthing of Dragon C2+ spacecraft to ISS. First delivery of cargo to ISS by a commercial spacecraft.

1969	Apollo-10 Splashdown first live color TV from space.
1981	Soyuz-T-4 Lands.
1991	Soyuz TM-11 lands. Afanasyev (175 days), Manarov (175 days), Sharman (British).
2010	Landing of Atlantis after mission STS-132, on KSC runway 33.

1961	President Kennedy proposes Apollo program to Congress. "We choose to do these things not because they are easy, but because they are hard."
1999	Launch of STS-96 - Rominger, Husband, Jernigan, Ochoa, Berry, Payette, Tokarev. ISS logistics flight.
2009	Launch of Soyuz TMA-15. Romanenko, De Winne (ESA) and Thirsk (Canada), bringing ISS to 6 crew along with Padelka, Barratt, and Wakata they constitute Expedition 20.
2011	Final spacewalk from a Space Shuttle. Fincke and Chamitoff, 7 hours and 24 minutes. 162 Shuttle EVAs, starting on STS-6 in April 1983. 108 for ISS.