2016 – The first flower blooms in space aboard the International Space Station.
2005 – Intelsat Reports Loss of IS-804 Satellite due to an electrical power system failure.
2004 – A new image from NASA’s Spitzer Telescope peeks at a massive stellar nursery.
1997 – GPS IIR-1 or GPS SVN-42, the first Block IIR GPS satellite to be launched, was destroyed 13 seconds into its flight due to a crack in the casing of solid rocket motor on the Delta II, which started to form at T+6 seconds and grew from there.
1997 – Death of Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer who discovered Pluto.(b. 1906)
1997 – Cape Canaveral Air Force Station: A Delta II carrying the GPS IIR-1 satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.