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


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