Oct 15 (2003): Launch of China's first astronaut, Yang Liwei with Shenzhou 5 spacecraft. 13 orbits.
Oct 15 (2021): Launch of Zhai, Wang, and Yu aboard Shenzhou 13 to Tiangong to begin second expedition.
Oct 16 (1969): Soyuz-6 Lands.
Oct 16 (1975): GOES-1 Launch. (Geostationary Operational Environmental Sat)
Oct 16 (1976): Soyuz-23 Splashdown! Emergency landing in lake, snow storm.
Oct 16 (1983): Venera-16 Arrives polar Venus orbit. Radar. Hi-resolution pix of poles.
Oct 16 (2005): Landing of Shenzhou 6 after 4 days, 19 hours.
Oct 16 (2016): Launch of Haipeng and Dong aboard Shenhzou 11 to Tiangong 2.
Oct 16 (2021): Launch of Lucy mission to Jupiter L4 and L5 Trojan asteroids.
Oct 17 (1969): Soyuz-7 Lands.
Oct 17 (1989): Launch of STS-34 - Williams, McCulley, Chang-Diaz, E. Baker, Lucid Launched Galileo probe to Jupiter via Venus.
Oct 17 (2002): Launch of Integral (International Gamma Ray Laboratory) aboard Proton.
Oct 17 (2021): Return of Novitskiy (192 days), Shipenko & Peresild (13 days) aboard Soyuz MS-18.
Oct 18 (1962): Ranger-5 Power system failure. Miss moon by 450 mi. Solar orbit.
Oct 18 (1967): Venera-4 Impacts Venus. Deploys atmospheric probe. Transmits for 94 minutes from the surface.
Oct 18 (1969): Soyuz-8 Lands.
Oct 18 (1993): Launch of STS-58 - Blaha, Searfoss, Seddon, McArthur, Lucid, Wolf, Fettman. SLS-2.
Oct 18 (2003): Soyuz TMA-3 Launch. Kaleri, Duque (ESA), and Foale to ISS (Expedition 8).
Oct 18 (2019): Christina Koch and Jessica Meir perform the first all-female ISS EVA (7 hours 17 minutes).
Oct 19 (1967): Mariner-5 Flyby of Venus (2479 mi). Now in solar orbit.
Oct 19 (2016): Launch of Soyuz MS-02 with Ryzhikov, Borisenko, and Kimbrough to join ISS Expedition 49/50.
Oct 19 (2016): ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter enters Mars orbit. Schiaparelli lander IMU saturation leads to erroneous altitude estimation and premature release of the parachute and the backshell, resulting in 4.3 km freefall and impact at 540 km/hr.
Oct 20 (1970): Zond-8 Launch. Circumnavigation of Moon and return. No Moon orbit.
Oct 20 (1995): Launch of STS-73 - Bowersox, Rominger, K. Thornton, Lopez-Alegria, Coleman, Sacco, Leslie. USML-2.
Oct 20 (2018): Launch of BepiColombo to Mercury.
Oct 20 (2020): OSIRIS-REx retrieves sample from minor planet Bennu.
Oct 21 (1968): Apollo-7 Splashdown First live TV from a piloted spacecraft.
Oct 21 (1985): China-17 Launch. Recon mission.
Oct 21 (2001): Soyuz TM-33 Launch. Afanaseev, Kozeev, Haigmere (Fr.) to ISS.
Oct 21 (2007): Return of ISS Expediton 15 crew after 197 days, aboard Soyuz TMA-10Yurchikin and Kotov with Al Masrie (Mayaysia). Soyuz explosive bolt failed to fire; ballistic entry.