2015 – Samantha Cristoforetti achieves record for longest time spent in space by a woman.
2003 – The first Mars Exploration Rover Mission, (MER-A) “a robotic geologist named Spirit began its seven-month journey to Mars at 1:58:47 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (10:58:47 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time) today when its Delta II launch vehicle thundered aloft from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
2012 – Transit of Venus
2003 – The first Mars Exploration Rover Mission, (MER-A) “a robotic geologist named Spirit began itsseven-month journey to Mars at 1:58:47 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (10:58:47 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time) today when its Delta II launch vehicle thundered aloft from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
1986 – Report from a Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident “An Accident Rooted in History” was released. The lives of seven crew and the spacecraft were lost when STS 51-L blew up shortly after liftoff on January 28, 1986.
1983 – Venera 16 Launch (USSR Venus Orbiter)
1966 – Landing of Gemini 9