2013 – NASA’s Curiosity rover, on Sol 182, drilled a hole,
0.63 inch (1.6 centimeters) in diameter and 2.5 inches (6.4 centimeters) deep, in a rock called ‘John Klein’.

2001 – Found! Mars Meteorite found in Oman. (SAU094)

1994 – Maiden Flight of CZ-3A Launcher

1986 – Halley’s Comet Returns

1974 – After 84 days in space, the crew ofSkylab 4, the last crew to visit American space station Skylab, returns to Earth.

1969 – Allende meteorite falls near Pueblito de Allende,Chihuahua, Mexico.

Birthdays

1677 – Jacques Cassini, French astronomer born at the Paris Observatory.