2024Odysseus Moon Lander IM-1, Last contact. It was the first US lander on the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972, had a lopsided touchdown, lost power and went dormant as it entered a frigid lunar nightfall, ending its mission. 

2010MRO Image of Mars: Sand Dunes in the Spring.

Mars Sand dunes in the Spring
Mars Sand dunes in the Spring – NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

1504Christopher Columbus uses his knowledge of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Native Americans to provide him with supplies.

Columbus
Columbus

Birthdays

1936 – Jack R. Lousma, American colonel, astronaut and politician. Selected in  NASA Astronaut Group 5. He was the CAPCOM recipient of the “Houston, we’ve had a problem” message from Apollo 13. He was the pilot for Skylab-3 and was commander on STS-3 logging a total of over 1,619 hours in space.

Jack R. Lousma insignia