This Week In Space History
Friday May 9th:
| 1962 | First laser beam bounced off the Moon. |
| 1965 | Luna-5 Launch. Retros fail. Impact, Sea of Clouds, Moon. |
Saturday May 10th:
| 1983 | Pioneer-9 Last transmission received after 15 years of active service. |
Sunday May 11th:
Monday May 12th:
Tuesday May 13th:
| 1982 | Soyuz-T-5/T-7 Launch. Berezovoi, Lebedev. First docking with Salyut 7. |
Wednesday May 14th:
| 1949 | Truman signs bill establishing Cape Canaveral rocket range. |
| 1973 | Skylab-1 (Workshop) Launched on Saturn V booster. |
| 1981 | Soyuz-40 Launch. Popov, Prunariu (Rom). Dock w/ Salyut 6. |
Thursday May 15th:
| 1958 | Sputnik-3 Launch. Studies upper atmosphere, solar radiation. |
| 1960 | Sputnik-4 Launch. Possible Vostok trial. |
| 1963 | Launch of Mercury 9 - Cooper (100 x 166 nm, 32.5 degrees, 22 orbits) "Faith 7" |
| 1987 | First launch of Energiya. |
| 1997 | Launch of STS-84 - Precourt, Collins, Noriega, Clervoy, Lu, Kondakova, Foale (to Mir), Linenger (return). |
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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