Space History

This Week In Space History

      Wednesday September 20th:

            1945 Von Braun arrives in the US under "Operation Paperclip".

            1956 Jupiter C first launch. Test for nose-cone materials.

            1957 Thor first launch.

            1966 Surveyor-2 Launch. Crashed on Moon. Decent engine malfunction.

            1992 STS-47 makes a perfect landing at KSC, with Hoot Gibson flying.

      Thursday September 21st:

            1974 Mariner-10 2nd flyby of Mercury (29,827 miles).

            2003 Galileo orbiter enters Jupiter atmosphere (planned destruction to avoid contaminating Jovian moons).

            2006 Landing of Atlantis, after mission STS-115, on KSC runway 33.

      Friday September 22nd:

            1993 Frank Culbertson flies Discovery to the first night landing at Kennedy Space Center,
ending STS-51's 10-day flight.

            2014 Maven space probe enters Mars orbit to study atmospheric evolution.

      Saturday September 23rd:

            1846 Neptune discovered.

            1976 Soyuz-22 Lands.

            1999 Mars Climate Orbiter lost due to poor navigation and subsequent unplanned entry into atmosphere.

      Sunday September 24th:

            1970 Luna-16 Lands on Earth with Lunar sample cargo.

      Monday September 25th:

            1973 SkyLab-3 2nd Crew Returns after 59 day mission.

            1992 Launch of Mars Observer.

            1997 Launch of STS-86 - Weatherbee, Bloomfield, Parazynski, Titov, Chretien, Lawrence,
Wolf (to Mir), Foale (return).

            2008 Shenzhou 7 launch. Zhai Zhigang, Liu Boming and Jing Haipeng.

            2010 Return of Skvortsov, Kornienko, and Dyson aboard Soyuz TMA-18 after 178 days.

            2013 Launch of Soyuz TMA-10M. Kotov, Ryanzanskiy, and Hopkins to join ISS Expedition 37/38.

            2014 Launch of Soyuz TMA-14M. Samokutyaev, Serova, and Wilmore to join ISS Expedition 41/42.

      Tuesday September 26th:

            1980 Soyuz-38 Lands.

            1996 Landing of STS-79 at Kennedy Space Center (runway 15).
Shannon Lucid sets 188-day US record.

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
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1945	Von Braun arrives in the US under "Operation Paperclip".
1956	Jupiter C first launch. Test for nose-cone materials.
1957	Thor first launch.
1966	Surveyor-2 Launch. Crashed on Moon. Decent engine malfunction.
1992	STS-47 makes a perfect landing at KSC, with Hoot Gibson flying.

1974	Mariner-10 2nd flyby of Mercury (29,827 miles).
2003	Galileo orbiter enters Jupiter atmosphere (planned destruction to avoid contaminating Jovian moons).
2006	Landing of Atlantis, after mission STS-115, on KSC runway 33.

1993	Frank Culbertson flies Discovery to the first night landing at Kennedy Space Center, ending STS-51's 10-day flight.
2014	Maven space probe enters Mars orbit to study atmospheric evolution.

1846	Neptune discovered.
1976	Soyuz-22 Lands.
1999	Mars Climate Orbiter lost due to poor navigation and subsequent unplanned entry into atmosphere.

1973	SkyLab-3 2nd Crew Returns after 59 day mission.
1992	Launch of Mars Observer.
1997	Launch of STS-86 - Weatherbee, Bloomfield, Parazynski, Titov, Chretien, Lawrence, Wolf (to Mir), Foale (return).
2008	Shenzhou 7 launch. Zhai Zhigang, Liu Boming and Jing Haipeng.
2010	Return of Skvortsov, Kornienko, and Dyson aboard Soyuz TMA-18 after 178 days.
2013	Launch of Soyuz TMA-10M. Kotov, Ryanzanskiy, and Hopkins to join ISS Expedition 37/38.
2014	Launch of Soyuz TMA-14M. Samokutyaev, Serova, and Wilmore to join ISS Expedition 41/42.

1980	Soyuz-38 Lands.
1996	Landing of STS-79 at Kennedy Space Center (runway 15). Shannon Lucid sets 188-day US record.