2002 – Near earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon. NASA Earth Impact Risk Summary
2000 – Scientists discover Sugar in Space. The discovery of the sugar molecule glycolaldehyde in a giant cloud of gas and dust near the center of our own Milky Way Galaxy was made by scientists using the National
Science Foundation’s 12 Meter Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona, detected by Jan M. Hollis (NASA/Goddard), Frank J. Lovas (University of Illinois), and Philip R. Jewell (NRAO/Green Bank)The discovery of this sugar molecule in a cloud from which new stars are forming means it is increasingly likely that the chemical precursors to life are formed in such clouds long before planets develop around the stars.” — Jan M. Hollis
1978 – Soyuz 7 launched. Docked with Salyut-6. Placed on board the Salyut-6 station a crew consisting of V.V. Kovalenko and A.S. Ivanchenkov to conduct scientific and technological investigations and experiments.
1960 – Russian Launch Vehicle: R-2 Carried dogs (Otvazhnaya, Brave One and one unnamed dog) into sub-orbital flight, 131 miles above Earth.