This Day in Astro History

May 27

 2022 – Asteroid 7335 (1989 JA).  A potentially hazardous asteroid made a close approach to Earth, coming within 4 million kilometers (2.5 million miles). While the asteroid was classified as a potentially hazardous asteroid due to its size, the 2022 flyby posed no risk to Earth. 

Radar images of 1989 JA and its satellite, imaged by the Goldstone observatory
Radar images of 1989 JA and its satellite, imaged by the Goldstone observatory

2020 – Demo-2 Mission. NASA launched astronauts Behnken and Hurley to the ISS on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. This was the first crew launch from American soil since the space shuttle program ended. 

1999 – 6:49a.m. EDT. Discovery STS-96 Launch. First
supply mission to ISS.  

Kent V. Rominger (4), Commander Rick D. Husband (1), Pilot Ellen Ochoa (3), Mission Specialist Tamara E. Jernigan (5), Mission Specialist Daniel T. Barry (2), Mission Specialist Julie Payette (1), (Canada) Mission Specialist Valery Ivanovich Tokarev (1), (Russia) Mission Specialist
Kent V. Rominger (4), Commander Rick D. Husband (1), Pilot Ellen Ochoa (3), Mission Specialist Tamara E. Jernigan (5), Mission Specialist Daniel T. Barry (2), Mission Specialist Julie Payette (1), (Canada) Mission Specialist Valery Ivanovich Tokarev (1), (Russia)
Mission Specialist

Birthdays

1948 – Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov Soyuz T-14 Research Cosmonaut 17.09.1985 – 21.11.1985 64d 21h 52m 2 Soyuz TM-7 / Mir-4 Commander / Mir-Commander 26.11.1988 – 27.04.1989 151d 11h 08m
3 Soyuz TM-13 / Mir-10 Commander / Mir-Commander 02.10.1991 – 25.03.1992 175d 02h 51m