Space History

This Week In Space History

      Saturday July 22nd:

            1962 Mariner-1 Launch. Veered off course. Destroyed.

            1969 Apollo-11 Columbia powers out of lunar orbit. Return to Earth.

            1972 Venera-8 Probe lands and returns data.

            1987 Soyuz TM-3 Launch. Viktorenko, Alexandrov (Bulgarian), Faris. To MIR.

            1993 Soyuz TM-16 lands. Manakov (179d), Poleshchuk (179d), Haignere (20d).

            2015 Launch of Soyuz TMA-17M with Kononeko, Yui, and Lindgren to join ISS Expedition 44/45.

      Sunday July 23rd:

            1972 Landsat-1 Launch. (aka ERTS 1)

            1980 Soyuz-37/36 Launch. Gorbatko, Tuan (Viet.). Dock with Salyut-6.

            1999 Launch of STS-93 - Collins, Ashby, Coleman, Hawley, Tognini.
Deployed Chandra X-Ray observatory.

      Monday July 24th:

            1969 Apollo-11 Splashdown. Humans' first return from outside Easth's gravity well.

            1975 US Apollo-Soyuz Splashdown. Hydrazine fumes contamitation in cockpit.

      Tuesday July 25th:

            1973 USSR Mars-5 Launched to Mars orbit.

      Wednesday July 26th:

            1958 Explorer-4 Launch. Mapped Project Argus radiation.

            1963 SynCom-2 First successful GEO ComSat. Relays Japan '64 Olympics.

            1971 Launch of Apollo 15 - Scott, Worden, Irwin.

            1975 Soyuz-18B Lands. 63 days in orbit aboard Salyut-4.

            1975 China-3 Launch. Purpose undetermined.

            2005 Launch of STS-114, Discovery, 30 months after Columbia's final launch.
Collins, J. Kelly, Robinson, Thomas, Lawrence, Camarda, Noguchi.
Substantial foam loss from ET.

      Thursday July 27th:

            1992 Soyuz TM-15 Launch. Solovyov, Avdeyev, Tognini (French). To MIR.

      Friday July 28th:

            1964 Launch of Ranger 7, first lunar hard lander to transmit TV pictures.

            1973 Launch of Skylab 3 - Bean, Garriott, Lousma (second crew).

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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Schedule
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1962	Mariner-1 Launch. Veered off course. Destroyed.
1969	Apollo-11 Columbia powers out of lunar orbit. Return to Earth.
1972	Venera-8 Probe lands and returns data.
1987	Soyuz TM-3 Launch. Viktorenko, Alexandrov (Bulgarian), Faris. To MIR.
1993	Soyuz TM-16 lands. Manakov (179d), Poleshchuk (179d), Haignere (20d).
2015	Launch of Soyuz TMA-17M with Kononeko, Yui, and Lindgren to join ISS Expedition 44/45.

1972	Landsat-1 Launch. (aka ERTS 1)
1980	Soyuz-37/36 Launch. Gorbatko, Tuan (Viet.). Dock with Salyut-6.
1999	Launch of STS-93 - Collins, Ashby, Coleman, Hawley, Tognini. Deployed Chandra X-Ray observatory.

1969	Apollo-11 Splashdown. Humans' first return from outside Easth's gravity well.
1975	US Apollo-Soyuz Splashdown. Hydrazine fumes contamitation in cockpit.

1958	Explorer-4 Launch. Mapped Project Argus radiation.
1963	SynCom-2 First successful GEO ComSat. Relays Japan '64 Olympics.
1971	Launch of Apollo 15 - Scott, Worden, Irwin.
1975	Soyuz-18B Lands. 63 days in orbit aboard Salyut-4.
1975	China-3 Launch. Purpose undetermined.
2005	Launch of STS-114, Discovery, 30 months after Columbia's final launch. Collins, J. Kelly, Robinson, Thomas, Lawrence, Camarda, Noguchi. Substantial foam loss from ET.

1964	Launch of Ranger 7, first lunar hard lander to transmit TV pictures.
1973	Launch of Skylab 3 - Bean, Garriott, Lousma (second crew).