2013 – The smallest extrasolar planet, to-date, Kepler-37b is discovered.
2007 – STS 122 Atlantis Lands at Kennedy Space Center after completing a 14 day assembly mission to International Space Station.
1986 – The base unit of the Soviet Mir Space Station was launched.
1965 – Ranger 8 crashes into the moon after a successful
mission of photographing possible landing sites for the
Apollo program astronauts.
1962 – Lt. Colonel John Glenn, became the first American to
orbit the Earth aboard Mercury capsule Friendship 7 making three orbits in four hours, 55 minutes.
1959 – The Avro Arrow program in Canada is cancelled.
