2004 – Expedition 8 – EVA (spacewalk) Micheal Foale, Kaleri retrieved and replaced science instruments on the ISS Pirs and Zvezda modules. 3 hours, 55 minutes
2003 – Galileo flight team, having explored Jupiter from October 18, 1989 to September 21, 2003, ceases operations.
1992 – The Russian Space Agency is created. Yelstin signs the decree for the establishment of the R.K.A. R.K.A. stands for Rossiyskoe Kosmicheskoye Agentsvo.
Birthdays
1897 – Bernard Lyot, inventor of the chronograph in 1930. He was a Bruce Medalist in 1947 and the recipient of the Draper Prize in 1951.
1954 – Robert Buck “Rob” Crombie was an American military and spaceflight engineer, and backup astronaut for STS-39. Retired.
