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2009 The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter/LCROSS is launched by NASA to probe the Moon
2005 Deep Impact spacecraft is launched from Cape Canaveral 1997 Soyuz TM-26 crew of Anatoly Solovyov and Pavel Vinogradov, launched 1997 Ashes of Timothy Leary and Gene Roddenberry launched into orbit 1997 DMSP Titan 2 launched 1997 Ashes of Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry are launched into space 1997 Zeya Start-1 launched (Russia) 1996 NASA's 1st Mars rover launched from Cape Canaveral 1996 Soyuz TM-24, launched into orbit 1996 M2, MTV's second TV channel is launched 1996 Soyuz TM-23, launched into orbit 1995 CNN/fn, the financial network by Turner Enterprises, launched 1995 Soyuz TM-22, launched into orbit 1995 U.S. space shuttle Discovery launched 1994 Progress M-25 launched to space station Mir 1994 Atlantis 13 launched 1994 U.S. space probe Clementine launched 1994 U.S. space probe Clementine launched 1992 U.S. Mars Observer launched from Space shuttle 1992 Satellite TOPEX/Poseidon launched 1992 Intelsat K launched 1992 U.S. space shuttle STS-49 launched (maiden voyage of Endeavour) 1991 U.S. 75th manned space mission "STS-44" Atlantis 10 launched 1991 Space shuttle STS-48 (Discovery 14) launched 1991 Space shuttle STS-43 (Atlantis 9) launched 1991 Space Shuttle STS-40 (Columbia 12) launched 1991 Space Shuttle STS-39 (Discovery 12) launched 1991 Shalom America (Jewish cable network) is launched in Brooklyn and Queens 1991 Space Shuttle STS-37, Atlantis 8, launched 1990 Spacecraft Ulysses launched towards pole of Sun 1990 Japanese MUSES-A (Hiten) launched towards moon 1989 U.S. Venus probe Magellan launched from Space shuttle 1989 U.S. space shuttle STS-28 launched 1989 U.S. space shuttle STS-30 launched 1989 27th shuttle, Discovery 8, launched, 1st woman to do the countdown 1989 U.S. space shuttle STS-29 launched 1988 STS-27 Atlantis launched (Secret military mission) 1988 26th Space Shuttle mission, Discovery 7 launched 1988 U.S. space shuttle STS-26 launched 1988 Iraq says it launched 16 missiles into Tehran 1987 Vladimir Titov and Musa Manarov launched 1987 Soyuz TM-3 launched with 3 cosmonauts (1 Syrian) 1986 Ariane-2 (ESA) launched 1986 "Today" tabloid launched (Britain's 1st national color newspaper) 1985 23rd Space Shuttle Mission (61-B)-Atlantis 2-is launched 1985 21st Shuttle Mission (51J)-Atlantis 1-all-military flight launched 1985 18th Space Shuttle Mission (51-G)-Discovery 5 launched 1985 17th space shuttle mission (51-B)-Challenger 7 launched 1985 15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission-Discovery 3 is launched 1985 Japanese space probe Sakigake launched to Halley's comet 1984 Dolphin rocket launched off San Clemente Island 1984 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41-C)-Challenger 5 is launched 1984 Landsat 5 and ham satellite Oscar 11 launched into polar orbit 1984 10th Space Shuttle Mission (41B)-Challenger 4 launched 1984 Space Shuttle 41-B (STS-11) Challenger launched 1983 9th Space Shuttle Mission Columbia 6 is launched 1983 Soyuz T-8 is launched 1983 Soyuz T-8 launched; mission aborted when capsule fails to dock 1983 6th space shuttle mission, Challenger 1 launched 1983 Dutch/British infrared satellite IRAS launched from California 1983 Infrared telescope satellite launched into polar orbit 1982 Soyuz T-7 launched, Svetlana Savtiskaya 2nd woman in space 1982 Canada's Anik D1 Comsat launched by U.S. Delta rocket 1982 Kosmos 1383, 1st search and rescue satellite, launched 1982 3rd Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 3 launched 1981 2nd shuttle mission-1st time spacecraft launched twice (Columbia 2) 1981 Satellites China 10 and 11 launched into Earth orbit by B-1 rocket 1981 India's APPLE satellite, 1st to be stabilized on 3 axes, launched 1980 Soyuz T-3 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station, launched 1979 1st Ariane-rocket launched 1979 Bhaskara 1, Indian Earth resources/meteorology satellite, launched 1979 Soyuz 33 launched with a Russian and a Bulgarian 1979 Soyuz 32 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station is launched 1979 Kosmos 1076, 1st Soviet oceanographic satellite, launched 1978 Tiros N, U.S.'s 1st 3rd generation weather satellite, is launched 1978 Pioneer-Venus 2 with 5 atmospheric probes launched toward Venus 1978 Pioneer-Venus 2 Multi-probe launched to Venus 1978 U.S. Seasat 1, 1st oceanographic satellite, launched into polar orbit 1978 First dedicated oceanographic satellite, SEASAT 1, launched 1978 Landsat 3 launched from Vandenberg AFB, California 1978 Soyuz 27 carring 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station, launched 1977 European weather satellite Meteosat 1 launched from Cape Canaveral 1977 International Sun-Earth Explorers 1 and 2 launched into Earth orbit 1977 Soyuz 25 launched to Saluyt 6, but returned after failing to dock 1977 Soviet space station Salyut 6 launched into Earth orbit 1977 Voyager 2 launched for fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune 1977 Voyager 1 (U.S.) launched toward fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn 1977 High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 launched into Earth orbit 1976 Hermes rocket launched by European Space Agency 1976 US-German Helios B solar probe launched into solar orbit 1975 Venera 9, 1st craft to orbit planet Venus launched 1975 Viking 1 launched to orbit around Mars, soft landing 1975 Apollo 18 launched (will rendezvous with Soyuz) 1975 Soyuz 19 and Apollo 18 launched; rendezvous 2 days later 1975 Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 53 launched to study X-rays 1975 Landsat 2, an Earth Resources Technology Satellite, launched 1975 Salyut 4 with crew of 2 is launched for 30 days 1974 Helios 1 launched by U.S., Germany; later makes closest flyby of Sun 1974 Space probe Helios 1 launched 1974 Soyuz 16 launched into Earth orbit for 6 days 1974 Luna 23 launched (landing on Moon) 1973 Soyuz 13 launched into Earth orbit for 8 days 1973 Skylab 4 launched into Earth orbit 1973 Intelsat communications satellite launched 1973 Skylab 3's astronauts, Bean, Garriott and Lousma, launched 1973 Skylab launched, 1st Space Station 1973 Pioneer 11 launched toward Jupiter and Saturn 1973 Pioneer 11 launched to Jupiter 1973 Luna 21 launched, to Moon 1972 Apollo 17 (U.S.), final manned lunar landing mission, launched 1972 Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 48 launched to study gamma rays 1972 Spaceflight 71-2 launched; 1st flexible substrate photovoltaic flown 1972 U.S. orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus launched 1972 1st Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) is launched 1972 Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 4 (Copernicus) launched 1972 Apollo 16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands) 1972 Venera 8 launched to Venus 1972 Pioneer 10 launched for Jupiter flyby 1972 Luna 20 (Russia) launched to orbit and soft landing on Moon 1971 Orbiting Solar Observatory VII launched 1971 Apollo 15 launched (Scott and Irwin) to 4th manned landing on Moon 1971 U.S. Mariner 9, 1st satellite to orbit Mars launched 1971 U.S.S.R. Mars 3 launched, 1st spacecraft to soft land on Mars 1971 Soyuz 10 launched; cosmonauts become 1st in Salyut 1 space station 1971 Soyuz 10 launched 1971 U.S.S.R. Salyut 1 launched; 1st manned lab in orbit 1971 U.S. and Canada ISIS 2 launched to study ionosphere 1971 Apollo 14 launched, 1st landing in lunar highlands 1970 Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 42 launched to study X-rays 1970 Luna 17, with unmanned self-propelled Lunokhod 1, is launched 1970 Venera 7 launched, makes 1st softlanding on Venus 1970 Soyuz 9 launched into Earth orbit for 18 days 1970 Apollo 13 launched to Moon; unable to land, returns in 6 days 1970 Australia's 1st amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (Calif) 1969 Apollo 12 (Conrad/Gordon/Bean) launched for 2nd manned Moon landing 1969 Soyuz 8 is launched 1969 Soyuz 7 is launched 1969 Soyuz 6 launched; Soyuz 7 and 8 follow in next 2 days 1969 Pioneer 10 launched 1969 Apollo 11, carrying 1st men to land on Moon, launched 1969 Apollo 10 (Stafford/Cernan/Young) launched toward lunar orbit 1969 Soviet weather satellite Meteor 1 launched 1969 Apollo 9 launched for 151 Earth orbits (10 days) 1969 Mariner 6 launched for fly-by of Mars 1969 Mariner 6 launched for Mars flyby 1969 U.S. / Canada ISIS 1 launched to study ionosphere 1969 Orbiting Solar Observatory 5 launched into earth orbit 1969 Soyuz 5 launched by Soviet Union 1969 Soyuz 4 launched; rendezvous with Soyuz 5 two days later 1969 U.S.S.R.'s Venera 6 launched for parachute landing on Venus 1969 U.S.S.R. Venera 5 launched for 1st successful planet landing (Venus) 1968 Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit 1968 1st European satellite launched, Esro 1, at Cape Kennedy 1968 Soyuz 3 launched 1968 U.S.S.R.'s Zond 5 is launched on 1st circumlunar flight 1968 Radio astronomy satellite Explorer 38 launched (o 450 m) 1968 Apollo 6 launched atop Saturn V; unmanned 1968 Orbiting Geophysical Observatory 5 launched 1968 Apollo 5 launched to Moon; unmanned lunar module tests made 1968 Explorer 36 (GEOS-B) launched into earth orbit (1080/1570 km) 1968 Surveyor 7 (last of series) launched by U.S. for soft-landing on Moon 1967 Surveyor 6 launched for soft landing on Moon 1967 ATS-3 launched by U.S. to take 1st pictures of full Earth disk 1967 British liner Queen Elizabeth II launched at Clydebank, Scotland 1967 Surveyor 5 launched; makes soft landing on Moon Sept 10 1967 U.S.'s Lunar Orbiter 5 launched; enters lunar orbit Aug 5 1967 Surveyor 4 launched to Moon; explodes just before landing 1967 Lunar Orbiter 4 launched by U.S.; begins orbiting Moon May 7 1967 Soyuz 1 launched; Vladimir Komarov becomes 1st in-flight casualty 1967 Surveyor 3 launched; soft lands on Moon, April 20 1967 ATS II launched but fails to reach orbit 1967 25,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, offensive to smash Viet Cong stronghold near Cambodian border 1966 Gemini 12 (Lovell and Aldrin) launched on 4-day flight 1966 Lunar Orbiter 2 launched by US 1966 Lunar Orbiter 2 launched 1966 1st Pacific communications satellite launched, Intelsat 2 1966 U.S. Surveyor B launched toward Moon; crashed Sept 23 1966 1st British nuclear sub HMS Resolution launched 1966 Gemini XI (Charles Conrad and R Gordon) launched for 71-hour flight 1966 Pioneer 7 launched into solar orbit 1966 1st lunar orbiter launched by U.S. 1966 Gemini 10 launched (John Young and Michael Collins) 1966 Pioneer 7 launched 1966 Saturn I rocket launched at Cape Kennedy 1966 Explorer 33 launched 1966 Kosmos 122, 1st Soviet weather satellite, launched 1966 Gemini 9 launched; 7th U.S. 2-man flight, Stafford and Cernan 1966 OAO 1, 1st orbiting astronomical observatory, launched 1966 Gemini 8 launched with Armstrong and Scott, aborted after 6.5 orbits 1966 1st operational weather satellite, ESSA-1 launched U.S. 1965 Pioneer 6 launched into solar orbit 1965 Gemini 6 launched; makes 1st rendezvous in space (with Gemini 7) 1965 Gemini 7 (Borman and Lovell) launched 1965 1st French satellite launched, France becomes 3rd nation in space 1965 Venera 3 launched, 1st to land on another planet (crashes into Venus) 1965 Venera 2 launched by Soviet Union toward Venus 1965 Gemini 5 launched into Earth orbit (2 astronauts) 1965 Zond 3 launched to fly by Moon, enters solar orbit 1965 Gemini 4 launched; 2nd U.S. 2-man flight, McDivitt and White 1965 Luna 5 launched (U.S.S.R.) 1st attempt to soft land on Moon (fails) 1965 1st atomic powered spacecraft launched 1965 Gemini 3 launched, 1st U.S. 2-man space flight (Grissom and Young) 1965 U.S. Ranger 9 launched; takes 5,814 pictures before lunar impact 1965 U.S. Ranger 8 launched, will transmit 7,137 lunar pictures 1965 Pegasus 1 launched to detect micro-meteors 1964 Mariner 4 launched; 1st probe to fly by Mars 1964 Voskhod 1 launched: 1st flight with 3 cosmonauts 1964 Free Speech Movement launched at University of California, Berkley 1964 U.S. weather satellite Nimbus 1 launched 1964 Communication satellite Syncom 3 launched 1964 Ranger 7 launched toward the Moon; sent back 4308 TV pictures 1964 Unmanned Apollo 2 Saturn test launched into Earth orbit 1964 Unmanned Gemini 1 launched 1964 Ranger 6 launched; makes perfect flight to Moon, but cameras fail 1964 Echo 2, U.S. communications satellite launched 1963 1st Dutch rocket launched/reaches height of 10 km 1963 Explorer 18 launched 1963 2 secret U.S. military satellites launched from Cape Canaveral 1963 U.S. Syncom 2, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched 1963 Vostok 6 launched, pilot is 1st woman cosmonaut 1963 Last Project Mercury flight, L Gordon Cooper in Faith 7, launched 1963 SETC Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6,700 miles (10,800 km)) 1962 Transit 5A1, 1st operational navigational satellite, launched 1962 Relay 1 communication satellite launched 1962 Wally Schirra in Sigma 7 launched into Earth orbit 1962 Alouette (Canada), 1st Canadian satellite, launched 1962 Mariner 2 launched; 1st probe to fly by Venus 1962 Mariner I launched to Mars falls into Atlantic Ocean 1962 Mariner 2 launched to Venus; flyby mission 1962 Telstar, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched 1962 Oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit 1962 M. Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into Earth orbit 1962 1st U.S. satellite to reach the moon launched 1962 Ranger 4, 1st U.S. satellite to reach Moon launched from Cape Canaveral 1961 Ham radio satellite Oscar 1 launched with military Discoverer 36 1961 U.S. Ranger 2 launched to Moon; failed 1961 Unmanned Mercury-Atlas 4 launched into Earth orbit 1961 Discoverer 25 launched 1961 Explorer 10 launched into elongated Earth orbit (177/181,000 km) 1961 U.S. satellite Explorer 9 is launched 1960 Tiros 2, a weather satellite is launched 1960 USS George Washington, 1st sub with nuclear ballistic missiles, launched 1960 1st British nuclear sub Dreadnought launched 1960 Courier 1B Launched; 1st active repeater satellite in orbit 1960 Echo 1, 1st communications satellite, is launched 1960 Discoverer 13 launched into orbit; returned 1st object from space 1960 Echo I, 1st passive satellite launched 1960 U.S.S.R.'s Sputnik 5 launched with 2 dogs 1960 Sputnik 4 launched into Earth orbit; later recovery failed 1960 French liner "France" launched 1960 1st atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched, the Tullibee 1960 1st weather satellite launched (Tiros 1) 1960 RCA TIROS (TV and Infra-Red Observation 'weather' Satellite) I launched 1960 1st guided missile launched from nuclear powered sub (Halibut) 1960 Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth and Venus 1959 Vanguard 3 launched into Earth orbit 1959 Transit 1A, 1st navigational satellite launched; failed to orbit 1959 Luna 2 launched by U.S.S.R.; 1st spacecraft to impact on Moon 1959 Satellite Discoverer 6 launched into polar orbit 1959 Military satellite Discoverer 5 launched (into polar orbit) 1959 1st ballistic missile sub launched, George Washington 1959 Vanguard SLV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed) 1959 1st U.S. probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, launched 1959 1st weather satellite launched, Vanguard 2, 9.8 kg 1958 1st guided missile destroyer launched, Dewey, Bath, Me 1958 Vanguard SLV-2 launched for Earth orbit (failed) 1958 Vanguard SLV-1 launched for Earth orbit (failed) 1958 Vanguard TV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed) 1958 U.S. Army launched America's third successful satellite, "Explorer III" 1958 1st U.S. satellite, Explorer I, launched 1957 2nd Soviet Earth-satellite launched 1957 1st submarine designed to fire guided missiles launched, Grayback 1957 18,000 people at Madison Square Garden-Billy Graham launched a crusade 1955 Worlds most powerful aircraft carrier, USS Saratoga launched 1955 Aircraft carrier USS Saratoga at Brooklyn launched 1955 1st atomic sub, USS Nautilus, launched at Groton Conn 1951 Jack Green, musician, guitar, played with T. Rex, The Pretty Things, member of Rainbow, launched solo album Humanesque 1947 192m long passenger ship Willem Ruys (Achille Lauro) launched 1943 U.S. aircraft carrier Hornet launched 1943 1st warship named for a Black person, USS Leonard Roy Harmon, launched 1943 U.S. destroyer William D. Porter [Willie Dee] launched 1943 Liberty Ship George Washington Carver, named after scientist, launched 1942 1st submarine built on Great Lakes launched, (Peto), Manitowoc, Wi 1941 1st WW II liberty ship, freighter Patrick Henry, launched 1941 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill launched his "V for Victory" campaign 1941 1st Navy vessel constructed as mine layer Terror launched 1940 1st U.S. merchant ship "Booker T Washington" commanded by a black captain (Hugh Mulzac), launched at Wilmington Delaware 1939 German battleship Bismarck was launched 1938 Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched at Glasgow 1938 34,000-ton Cunard-White Star liner Mauretania launched at Birkenhead 1934 British liner Queen Mary is launched 1932 French liner Normandie is launched 1931 1st air-conditioned ship (Mariposa) launched 1931 Ironclad cruiser Germany launched in Kiel 1930 1st streamlined submarine of U.S. navy, USS Nautilus, launched 1919 1st hospital ship built to move wounded naval personnel launched 1918 Socony 200, 1st concrete barge in U.S., launched to carry oil, New York 1918 1st concrete ship to cross the Atlantic (Faith) is launched, SF 1912 Naval torpedo launched from an airplane patents by B. A. Fiske 1909 1st San Francisco fireboat, David Scannell, launched 1906 Britain's 1st modern and largest battleship "HMS Dreadnought" launched 1901 1st Royal Naval submarine launched at Barrow 1894 1st U.S. steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath, Me 1862 Confederate ironclad "Merrimack" launched 1862 Galena, 1st U.S. iron-clad warship for service at sea, launched, Connecticut 1862 U.S. Navy's 1st ironclad warship, the Monitor, launched 1818 1st steam-vessel to sail Great Lakes launched 1814 "Demologos," 1st steam-powered warship, is launched 1797 U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, Old Ironsides, launched in Boston 1797 U.S. frigate Constitution (Old Ironsides) launched in Boston 1797 1st U.S. frigate, the "United States," is launched in Philadelphia 1797 1st Navy ship, the "United States," is launched 1751 Royal ship Duc de Bourgogne launched at Rochefort 1270 8th and last crusade is launched |
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