This Week In Space History
Sunday August 9th:
| 1973 | USSR Mars-7 Launched to Mars orbit. |
| 1976 | Luna-24 Launch to Moon. |
| 1990 | Soyuz TM-9 lands. Solovyov (179 days), Balandin (179 days). |
| 2005 | Landing of Discovery after mission STS-114, at EAFB. |
Monday August 10th:
| 1960 | Discoverer-13 Launch. Success!! Capsule recovered. |
| 1966 | Launch of Lunar Orbiter 1, returned pictures until 8-19-66. |
| 1992 | TOPEX/Poseidon Launch on Ariane. NASA/CNES ocean mission. |
| 1992 | Soyuz TM-14 lands. Viktorenko (145 days), Kalereri (145 d), Tognini (French). |
| 2001 | Launch of STS-105 - Horowitz, Sturckow, Forrester, Barry, Culbertson, Tyurin, Dezhurov (ISS Expedition 3). |
Tuesday August 11th:
| 1877 | Deimos, Martian moon, discovered. |
| 1962 | Launch of Vostok 3, Andrian Nikolayev (64 orbits, target for first attempted rendezvous). |
Wednesday August 12th:
| 1960 | Echo-1 Launch. Passive (reflective) ComSat. 100 foot diameter. balloon. |
| 1962 | Launch of Vostok 4, Pavel Popovich (48 orbits, came within 3.1 nm of Vostok 3 in first rendezvous try) |
| 2005 | Launch of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. |
| 2018 | Launch of Parker Solar Probe. |
Thursday August 13th:
| 1959 | Discoverer-5 Launch. Capsule lost. |
| 1977 | First shuttle approach and landing test glide. |
| 1998 | Soyuz TM-28 Launch. Padalka, Avdeyev, Baturin. |
Friday August 14th:
| 1976 | Luna-24 Arrives in Moon orbit. Last Luna sample return. |
| 1997 | Soyuz TM-25 lands. Tsibliev, Lazutkin (Mir-23 crew). |
Saturday August 15th:
| 1962 | Vostok-3 Lands. |
| 1962 | Vostok-4 Lands. |
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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