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2004 U.S. troops launch offensive on Falluja
1997 Progress M-35 Soyuz Launch (Russia) 1997 Intelsat 802 Ariane 4 Launch, Successful 1997 Feng Yun-2B Long March 3 Launch (China), Successful 1997 Cosmos 2344 Proton-K Launch (Russia), Failed 1997 Telstar-5 Proton Launch, Successful 1997 Cosmos Zenit-2 Launch (Russia), Failed 1997 Thor-2A Delta 2 Launch (Norway/USA), Successful 1997 ABC News and Starwave Corp launch ABCNEWS.com 1997 Iridium-1 Delta 2 Launch, Successful 1997 Progress M-34 Launch (Russia) 1994 IRA launch 1st of 3 mortar attacks on London's Heathrow Airport 1993 Vladimir Pavlovich Barmin, Chief designer of Soviet launch pads, dies 1992 Fox is to launch Tuesday night network TV, rescheduled to Decemeber 1988 Alexander Volkov, Sergei Krikalev and Jean-Loup Chretien launch 1988 Pioneer 6's closest approach to Earth since 1965 launch (1.87 M km) 1988 Soviets 1st scheduled shuttle launch (postponed) 1987 Discovery moves to Launch Pad 39B for STS-26 mission 1987 1st Energiya Launch (U.S.S.R.) 1985 STS-51-L vehicle moves to Launch Pad 39B 1985 STS-61-C vehicle moves to launch pad 1985 STS-61-B vehicle moves to launch pad 1985 Challenger vehicle moves to launch pad for STS-61A mission 1985 Atlantis moves to launch pad for 51-J mission 1985 Suisei Launch (Halley's Comet Flyby) 1985 STS-51-I vehicle moves to launch pad 1985 STS-51-F launch scrubbed at T -3s because of main engine shutdown 1985 STS-51-F vehicle moves to launch pad 1985 STS-51-G vehicle moves to launch pad 1985 Challenger moves to launch pad for 51-B mission 1985 STS-51-D vehicle moves to launch pad 1985 STS-51-E vehicle moves to launch pad 1985 Discovery moves to launch pad for STS-51-C mission 1984 STS-51-A mission; launch 1984 STS-51-A launch scrubbed because of high shear winds 1984 STS-51-A launch vehicle moves to launch pad 1984 STS-41-G launch vehicle moves to launch pad 1984 STS-41-D vehicle again moves out to launch pad 1984 STS-41-D launch attempt scrubbed because of computer problem 1984 STS-41-D vehicle moves to launch pad 1984 STS-41-C vehicle moves to launch pad 1984 STS-41-B vehicle moves to launch pad 1983 STS-9 vehicle again moves to launch pad 1983 STS-9 vehicle moves to launch pad 1983 STS-8 vehicle moves to launch pad 1983 Challenger moves to launch pad for STS-7 1982 STS-6 vehicle moves to launch pad 1982 STS-5 vehicle moves to launch pad 1982 STS-4 Launch (Columbia) 1982 Soyuz T-6 Launch (U.S.S.R.) 1982 STS-4 vehicle moves to launch pad 1982 Launch of STS-3-Lousma and Fullerton 1982 Assembled STS-3 vehicle moves from Vandenberg AFB to launch pad 1981 Columbia shuttle launch scrubbed with 31 seconds remaining 1981 Space Shuttle vehicle moves to Launch Complex 39A for STS-2 mission 1980 Shuttle STS-1 moves from Vandenberg AFB to Launch Complex 39A 1980 China launch 1st intercontinental rocket 1980 Vostok rocket exploded on launch pad while being refueled, killing 50 1975 Viking 2 Mars probe launch 1975 Soyuz 18A launch aborted short of orbit; cosmonauts return safely 1974 Titan-Centaur Test launch fails 1970 Zond 8 Launch (Moon Orbit and Return) 1970 Luna 16 Launch (Moon Sample Return) 1969 Launch of Mariner 7, flies 2,190-mi above southern Mars 1968 Launch of Zond 6, 2nd unmanned circumlunar and return flight 1968 Launch of Zond 5, 1st lunar fly-around with Earth reentry 1968 Beatles launch "Apple Records" label 1968 Vietcong launch Tet-offensive on U.S. embassy in Saigon 1967 U.S.S.R. Kosmos 186 and 188 make 1st automatic docking and Venmera 13 launch 1967 Mariner 5 Launch, Venus Flyby 1967 San Marco 2 Launch (1st Equatorial Launch) 1966 Soviets launch Kosmos 110 with Veterok and Ugolek, 1st 2-dog crew 1966 French satellite Diapason D-1A launch into Earth orbit 1965 Launch of 1st Soviet communications satellite 1964 Launch of Voskhod 1, 1st 3 man crew (Komarov, Feokistov, Yegorov) 1964 U.S.S.R. launch 3 Kosmos satellites 1964 Centaur 3 launch vehicle fails to make Earth orbit 1964 Iranian motor launch catches fire and sinks killing 113 (Persian Gulf) 1962 Launch of Alouette 1, 1st Canadian satellite (on U.S. Delta rocket) 1962 U.S. U-2 flight sees SAM launch pads in Cuba 1962 1st Atlas Centaur Launch 1962 U.S. and U.K. launch Ariel; 1st international payload 1962 Launch of OSO 1, 1st astronomy satellite (solar flare data) 1961 1st Saturn launch vehicle makes an unmanned flight test 1961 1st Saturn launch vehicle made a flight test 1961 Launch of Mercury 4 (Liberty Bell) with Grissom 1961 Launch of Transit 4a, with 1st nuclear power supply (SNAP-3) 1961 Unmanned Mercury test explodes on launch pad 1960 Disaster on U.S.S.R. (Baikonoer) launch pad, kills missile expert Nedelin and team (165 die-unconfirmed); U.S.S.R. claims killed in plane crash 1960 U.S.S.R. launch 1st (unmanned) space capsule 1960 1st launch of Delta satellite launching vehicle; it failed 1959 Launch of Discoverer 1 (WTR)-1st polar orbit 1957 1st U.S. attempt to launch a satellite fails - Vanguard rocket blows up 1957 1st test firing of Vanguard satellite launch vehicle, TV-3 1955 Construction begins on Soviet cosmodrome launch facilities 1950 V-2/WAC Corporal rocket launch; 1st launch from Cape Canaveral 1948 U.S. announced a study to launch an Earth satellite 1946 1st U.S. launch of captured V-2 rocket, White Sands, NM; 8 km alt 1945 JPL WAC Corporal Launch (1st Man-Made Object to escape Atmosphere) 1944 Germans launch counteroffensive at Anzio Italy 1942 Launch of 1st A-4/V-2 rocket to altitude of 53 miles (85 km) 1942 1st V-2 rocket launch, Peenemunde, Germany; reached 1.3 km 1941 Germans launch attack on Moscow 1932 Alexander Kluge, born in Halberstadt, Germany, film director, author, work 'Butalitat im Stein' or 'Brutality in Stone', helped launch New German Cinema 1918 During WW I, U.S. forces launch an attack on German-occupied St. Mihiel 1918 U.S. and French forces launch Aisne-Marne offensive in WW I 1916 Giants beat Brooklyn 4-1, to launch New York's record 26-game winning streak 1783 Montgolfier brothers launch 1st hot-air balloon, unmanned |
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