Space History

This Week In Space History

      Tuesday May 11th:

            2009 Launch of STS-125, Atlantis on the fifth Hubble servicing mission.
Altman, Johnson, Grunsfeld, Massimino, Good, M. McArthur, Feustel.

            2013 ISS crew Cassidy and Marshburn preform an EVA on 2 days notice to repair an ammonia leak.

      Wednesday May 12th:

      Thursday May 13th:

            1982 Soyuz-T-5/T-7 Launch. Berezovoi, Lebedev. First docking with Salyut 7.

      Friday 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.

            2009 Launch of ESA's Herschel and Planck observatories, on a Ariane 5ECA.

            2010 Launch of STS-132, Atlantis to ISS
Ham, Antonelli, Reisman, Good, Sellers, Bowen
Rassvet research module.

            2013 Return of Hadfield, Romanenko, and Marshburn aboard Soyuz-07M after 145 days.

            2014 Return of Tyurin, Mastracchio and Wakata aboard Soyuz TMA-11M after 188 days.

      Saturday 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).

            2012 Launch of Soyuz TMA-04M. Padalka, Revin, and Acaba to join ISS Expedition 31/32.

      Sunday May 16th:

            1963 Mercury-9 Splashdown, 22 orbits - one day in space.

            1997 Charlie Precourt docks Atlantis to Mir. 6th docking.

            2011 Launch of STS-134, Endeavour to ISS, carrying AMS antimatter detector
M. Kelly, Johnson, Fincke, Chamitoff, Feustel, Vittori.
Final ISS construction mission (first was in 1998).

      Monday May 17th:

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

2009	Launch of STS-125, Atlantis on the fifth Hubble servicing mission. Altman, Johnson, Grunsfeld, Massimino, Good, M. McArthur, Feustel.
2013	ISS crew Cassidy and Marshburn preform an EVA on 2 days notice to repair an ammonia leak.

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.
2009	Launch of ESA's Herschel and Planck observatories, on a Ariane 5ECA.
2010	Launch of STS-132, Atlantis to ISS Ham, Antonelli, Reisman, Good, Sellers, Bowen Rassvet research module.
2013	Return of Hadfield, Romanenko, and Marshburn aboard Soyuz-07M after 145 days.
2014	Return of Tyurin, Mastracchio and Wakata aboard Soyuz TMA-11M after 188 days.

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).
2012	Launch of Soyuz TMA-04M. Padalka, Revin, and Acaba to join ISS Expedition 31/32.

1963	Mercury-9 Splashdown, 22 orbits - one day in space.
1997	Charlie Precourt docks Atlantis to Mir. 6th docking.
2011	Launch of STS-134, Endeavour to ISS, carrying AMS antimatter detector M. Kelly, Johnson, Fincke, Chamitoff, Feustel, Vittori. Final ISS construction mission (first was in 1998).