This Week In Space History
Monday February 13th:
Tuesday February 14th:
| 1963 | SynCom-1 Launch. First attempt at GEO ComSat. Failed to orbit. |
| 1972 | Luna-20 Launched to Moon. 2nd successful sample return. |
Wednesday February 15th:
Thursday February 16th:
| 1948 | First photograh of Uranus' moon Miranda. |
| 1961 | Explorer-9 Launch. first in series of air density experiments. |
Friday February 17th:
| 1965 | Ranger-8 Launch. 7137 photos. Low angle approach. Good panoramic views. |
| 1996 | Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous mission launch. |
Saturday February 18th:
| 1930 | Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto (at Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff). |
Sunday February 19th:
| 1960 | Discoverer-10 Launch. Veered off course, destroyed. |
| 1986 | Mir Base Block Launch. |
| 1990 | Soyuz TM-8 lands. Viktorenko (166 days), Serebrov (166 days). |
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.
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