2010 – Images taken by Cassini spacecraft, which flew about 313 miles (503 kilometers) above its surface, confirm an exosphere of molecular oxygen ions around Saturn‘s moon Dione.
2001 – Mars Odyessy launched. An orbital mission to map Martian elements and minerals, look for water, and analyze the
radiation environment. A successful MOI (Mars Orbit Insertion) happen on October 24th, 2001. Aerobraking would take a few more months and science instruments were turned on February 14th, 2002. As of April 2025 the mission is ongoing.
2001 – Successful first flight of Proton M
1991 – The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory was deployed.
1983 – During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and
Don Peterson perform the first space shuttle spacewalk.
1969 – The Internet‘s symbolic birth date: Publication of RFC 1.
1968 – Luna 14 launch to the Moon for a lunar orbiting mission. It was designed to test communication systems between a spacecraft at the Moon and Earth, and study the Moon’s gravitational field, the interaction of Earth and lunar masses, and more. This flight was the final flight of the second generation of the Luna series.
Birthdays
1972 – Tim Peake, British test pilot and astronaut. He began the ESA’s intensive astronaut basic training course in September 2009 and graduated on 22 November 2010. Soyuz TMA-19M (Expedition 46/47) Time in space: 185 days, 22 hours, 11 minutes
