Space History

This Week In Space History

      Tuesday November 12th:

            1965 Venera-2 Launched to Venus flyby.

            1980 Voyager-1 Flyby of Saturn (77,054 miles). Enroute interstellar.

            1981 Launch of STS-2 - Engle, Truly

            1995 Launch of STS-74 - Cameron, Halsell, Ross, McArthur, Hadfield.

            2009 Poisk docking module docked to ISS' Zvezda module.

            2014 Landing of ESA's Philae on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko after ejection from the Rosetta probe.

      Wednesday November 13th:

            1971 First human-made object to orbit another planet (Mariner 9; Mars).

      Thursday November 14th:

            1969 Launch of Apollo 12 - Conrad, Gordon, Bean.

            1981 STS-2 Lands at Edwards Air Force Base.

            2008 India's Chandrayaan-1 probe impacted near Shackleton Crater at the south pole of the Moon.

            2011 Launch of Soyuz TMA-22. Shkaplerov, Ivanishin, and Burbank to join ISS Expedition 29/30.

      Friday November 15th:

            1966 Gemini-12 Splashdown Gemini ends. Docking. EVA by Aldrin 5 hrs.

            1972 Explorer-48 Launch. Small Astro Sat (SAS-2). Milky way watch.

            1982 STS-5 Lands at Edwards Air Force Base.

            1988 Unpiloted test flight of Buran. 2 orbits; runway landing at Baikonur.

            1990 Launch of STS-38 - Covey, Culbertson, Meade, Springer, Gemar. DoD mission.

            1995 Ken Cameron docks Atlantis to Mir on the second docking mission.

            2004 ESA's SMART-1 lunar probe entered lunar orbit.

            2008 Launch of STS-126, Endeavour to ISS with water recyling equipment
Ferguson, Boe, Pettit, Bowen, Stefanyshyn-Piper, Kimbrough, and Magnus (joining Expedition 18).

      Saturday November 16th:

            1965 Launch of Venera 3, first impact on Venus (failed to return data).

            1973 Launch of Skylab 4 - Carr, Gibson, Pogue (third Skylab crew)

            1974 First intentional interstellar radio message sent by Aricibo.

            1984 STS 51-A Lands at Kennedy Space Center.

            1996 Russia's Mars-96 probe's booster fails.

            2009 Launch of STS-129, Atlantis to ISS
Hobaugh, Wilmore, Melvin, Bresnik, Foreman and Satcher. Final Space Shuttle crew rotation flight to ISS (returning Stott).

      Sunday November 17th:

            1967 Surveyor 6 flies 8 feet; first liftoff from the lunar surface.

            1970 Luna-17 Touchdown Moon. First Lunokhod (rover) deployed.

            1975 Soyuz-20 Launch. unpiloted. Resupply of Salyut rehearsal.

            2016 Launch of Novitskiy, Pesquet, and Whitson aboard Soyuz MS-03 to join ISS Expedition 50/51.

            2016 Return of Haipeng and Dong aboard Shenhzou 11 after 32 days.

      Monday November 18th:

            1961 Ranger-2 test Launch. Agena fails for a second time.

            1965 Explorer-30 Launch. 2nd Geodetic Explorer.

            2013 Launch of Mars MAVEN mission on an Atlas Centaur.

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	Venera-2 Launched to Venus flyby.
1980	Voyager-1 Flyby of Saturn (77,054 miles). Enroute interstellar.
1981	Launch of STS-2 - Engle, Truly
1995	Launch of STS-74 - Cameron, Halsell, Ross, McArthur, Hadfield.
2009	Poisk docking module docked to ISS' Zvezda module.
2014	Landing of ESA's Philae on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko after ejection from the Rosetta probe.

1969	Launch of Apollo 12 - Conrad, Gordon, Bean.
1981	STS-2 Lands at Edwards Air Force Base.
2008	India's Chandrayaan-1 probe impacted near Shackleton Crater at the south pole of the Moon.
2011	Launch of Soyuz TMA-22. Shkaplerov, Ivanishin, and Burbank to join ISS Expedition 29/30.

1966	Gemini-12 Splashdown Gemini ends. Docking. EVA by Aldrin 5 hrs.
1972	Explorer-48 Launch. Small Astro Sat (SAS-2). Milky way watch.
1982	STS-5 Lands at Edwards Air Force Base.
1988	Unpiloted test flight of Buran. 2 orbits; runway landing at Baikonur.
1990	Launch of STS-38 - Covey, Culbertson, Meade, Springer, Gemar. DoD mission.
1995	Ken Cameron docks Atlantis to Mir on the second docking mission.
2004	ESA's SMART-1 lunar probe entered lunar orbit.
2008	Launch of STS-126, Endeavour to ISS with water recyling equipment Ferguson, Boe, Pettit, Bowen, Stefanyshyn-Piper, Kimbrough, and Magnus (joining Expedition 18).

1965	Launch of Venera 3, first impact on Venus (failed to return data).
1973	Launch of Skylab 4 - Carr, Gibson, Pogue (third Skylab crew)
1974	First intentional interstellar radio message sent by Aricibo.
1984	STS 51-A Lands at Kennedy Space Center.
1996	Russia's Mars-96 probe's booster fails.
2009	Launch of STS-129, Atlantis to ISS Hobaugh, Wilmore, Melvin, Bresnik, Foreman and Satcher. Final Space Shuttle crew rotation flight to ISS (returning Stott).

1967	Surveyor 6 flies 8 feet; first liftoff from the lunar surface.
1970	Luna-17 Touchdown Moon. First Lunokhod (rover) deployed.
1975	Soyuz-20 Launch. unpiloted. Resupply of Salyut rehearsal.
2016	Launch of Novitskiy, Pesquet, and Whitson aboard Soyuz MS-03 to join ISS Expedition 50/51.
2016	Return of Haipeng and Dong aboard Shenhzou 11 after 32 days.

1961	Ranger-2 test Launch. Agena fails for a second time.
1965	Explorer-30 Launch. 2nd Geodetic Explorer.
2013	Launch of Mars MAVEN mission on an Atlas Centaur.