2015 Event NASA's New Horizons probe reestablishes contact to transmit the first close photos of Pluto and its moons; the probe launched in 2006 and has traveled over 3 billion miles; it will continue transmitting data for the next 16 months 2015 Event Astronauts at the International Space Station complete a tricky cable installation project to prepare for addition of docking ports; the ports will be able to receive manned commercial space capsules such as those launched by SpaceX and Boeing 2014 Event NASA awakens its New Horizons craft from hibernation for the last time; the vessel was launched 9 years ago to travel over 3 billion miles to Pluto and will be within range to begin data collection on the planet in January 2015 2014 Event India has successfully launched a space probe into orbit around Mars on its first attempt, making it the first Asian country to orbit the planet; at $74 million, the spacecraft cost about 11% of the U.S. Maven, which reached Mars orbit two days prior 2013 Event Russia's Defense Ministry reports the Soyuz-2-1v Russian rocket was successfully launched 2013 Event Bolivia's Tupac Katari is successfully launched from China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center 2013 Event The Chang'e 3 lunar probe is launched by China; the probe, headed for the moon, includes a robotic lander and the Yutu, Jade Rabbit buggy 2013 Event The PSLV-XL rocket carrying the Mars Orbiter Mission probe is launched by India's Space Research Organization; the will eventually be sent to Mars 2013 Event The fifth installment of the 'Grand Theft Auto' videogame series is released by Rockstar Games, netting $800 million on the day it is launched 2013 Event Japan's Hisaki satellite is carried to the Uchinoura Space Center by the new Epsilon rocket, which was launched by two laptop computers 2012 Event Russian spacecraft, Soyuz TMA-07M, is launched in Kazakhstan, with cosmonauts Roman Romanenko, Chris Hadfield and Thomas Marshburn for the ISS Expedition 34 and 35 crews 2012 Event Women-only literary prizes are launched by Canada and Australia; the prize, formerly known as the Orange continues its search for a sponsor 2012 Event An internal investigation is launched by Pope Benedict XVI involving leaks of confidential documents that allege corruption, financial mismanagement and power struggles among senior church officials 2011 Event The robotic Mars Science Laboratory, the largest rover ever sent to Mars, is launched by NASA; the goal is to find evidence of past or present life on Mars 2011 Event An investigation is launched by Pakistani Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gillani to determine how bin Laden lived undetected in Abbottabad 2011 Event Amid unrest in the Mideast, activists claim China has launched the largest crackdown on dissenters in recent years 2011 Event Russia began searching for a missing military satellite that was launched into the wrong orbit 2011 Event Pakistan's President, Asif Ali Zardari, launched an emergency polio immunization programme targeting 32 million children under age 5 2011 Event A plan to prevent the spread of artemisinin-resistant malaria is launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) 2010 Event The Leaf, one of the first mass market electric cars is launched by Nissan 2010 Event At least 80 schoolgirls attending different Kunduz schools are poisoned this week; an inquiry is launched and the Taliban, opposed to female education, deny any involvement 2009 Event The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter/LCROSS is launched by NASA to probe the Moon 2005 Event Deep Impact spacecraft is launched from Cape Canaveral 1997 Event Soyuz TM-26 crew of Anatoly Solovyov and Pavel Vinogradov, launched 1997 Event Ashes of Timothy Leary and Gene Roddenberry launched into orbit 1997 Event DMSP Titan 2 launched 1997 Event Ashes of Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry are launched into space 1997 Event Zeya Start-1 launched (Russia) 1996 Event NASA's 1st Mars rover launched from Cape Canaveral 1996 Event Soyuz TM-24, launched into orbit 1996 Event M2, MTV's second TV channel is launched 1996 Event Soyuz TM-23, launched into orbit 1995 Event CNN/fn, the financial network by Turner Enterprises, launched 1995 Event Soyuz TM-22, launched into orbit 1995 Event U.S. space shuttle Discovery launched 1994 Event Progress M-25 launched to space station Mir 1994 Event Atlantis 13 launched 1994 Event U.S. space probe Clementine launched 1994 Event U.S. space probe Clementine launched 1992 Event U.S. Mars Observer launched from Space shuttle 1992 Event Satellite TOPEX/Poseidon launched 1992 Event Intelsat K launched 1992 Event U.S. space shuttle STS-49 launched (maiden voyage of Endeavour) 1991 Event U.S. 75th manned space mission "STS-44" Atlantis 10 launched 1991 Event Space shuttle STS-48 (Discovery 14) launched 1991 Event Space shuttle STS-43 (Atlantis 9) launched 1991 Event Space Shuttle STS-40 (Columbia 12) launched 1991 Event Space Shuttle STS-39 (Discovery 12) launched 1991 Event Shalom America (Jewish cable network) is launched in Brooklyn and Queens 1991 Event Space Shuttle STS-37, Atlantis 8, launched 1990 Event Spacecraft Ulysses launched towards pole of Sun 1990 Event Japanese MUSES-A (Hiten) launched towards moon 1989 Event U.S. Venus probe Magellan launched from Space shuttle 1989 Event U.S. space shuttle STS-28 launched 1989 Event U.S. space shuttle STS-30 launched 1989 Event 27th shuttle, Discovery 8, launched, 1st woman to do the countdown 1989 Event U.S. space shuttle STS-29 launched 1988 Event STS-27 Atlantis launched (Secret military mission) 1988 Event 26th Space Shuttle mission, Discovery 7 launched 1988 Event U.S. space shuttle STS-26 launched 1988 Event Iraq says it launched 16 missiles into Tehran 1987 Event Vladimir Titov and Musa Manarov launched 1987 Event Soyuz TM-3 launched with 3 cosmonauts (1 Syrian) 1986 Event Ariane-2 (ESA) launched 1986 Event "Today" tabloid launched (Britain's 1st national color newspaper) 1985 Event 23rd Space Shuttle Mission (61-B)-Atlantis 2-is launched 1985 Event 21st Shuttle Mission (51J)-Atlantis 1-all-military flight launched 1985 Event 18th Space Shuttle Mission (51-G)-Discovery 5 launched 1985 Event 17th space shuttle mission (51-B)-Challenger 7 launched 1985 Event 15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission-Discovery 3 is launched 1985 Event Japanese space probe Sakigake launched to Halley's comet 1984 Event Dolphin rocket launched off San Clemente Island 1984 Event 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41-C)-Challenger 5 is launched 1984 Event Landsat 5 and ham satellite Oscar 11 launched into polar orbit 1984 Event 10th Space Shuttle Mission (41B)-Challenger 4 launched 1984 Event Space Shuttle 41-B (STS-11) Challenger launched 1983 Event 9th Space Shuttle Mission Columbia 6 is launched 1983 Event Soyuz T-8 is launched 1983 Event Soyuz T-8 launched; mission aborted when capsule fails to dock 1983 Event 6th space shuttle mission, Challenger 1 launched 1983 Event Dutch/British infrared satellite IRAS launched from California 1983 Event Infrared telescope satellite launched into polar orbit 1982 Event Soyuz T-7 launched, Svetlana Savtiskaya 2nd woman in space 1982 Event Canada's Anik D1 Comsat launched by U.S. Delta rocket 1982 Event Kosmos 1383, 1st search and rescue satellite, launched 1982 Event 3rd Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 3 launched 1981 Event 2nd shuttle mission-1st time spacecraft launched twice (Columbia 2) 1981 Event Satellites China 10 and 11 launched into Earth orbit by B-1 rocket 1981 Event India's APPLE satellite, 1st to be stabilized on 3 axes, launched 1980 Event Soyuz T-3 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station, launched 1979 Event 1st Ariane-rocket launched 1979 Event Bhaskara 1, Indian Earth resources/meteorology satellite, launched 1979 Event Soyuz 33 launched with a Russian and a Bulgarian 1979 Event Soyuz 32 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station is launched 1979 Event Kosmos 1076, 1st Soviet oceanographic satellite, launched 1978 Event Tiros N, U.S.'s 1st 3rd generation weather satellite, is launched 1978 Event Pioneer-Venus 2 with 5 atmospheric probes launched toward Venus 1978 Event Pioneer-Venus 2 Multi-probe launched to Venus 1978 Event U.S. Seasat 1, 1st oceanographic satellite, launched into polar orbit 1978 Event First dedicated oceanographic satellite, SEASAT 1, launched 1978 Event Landsat 3 launched from Vandenberg AFB, California 1978 Event Soyuz 27 carring 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station, launched 1977 Event European weather satellite Meteosat 1 launched from Cape Canaveral 1977 Event International Sun-Earth Explorers 1 and 2 launched into Earth orbit 1977 Event Soyuz 25 launched to Saluyt 6, but returned after failing to dock 1977 Event Soviet space station Salyut 6 launched into Earth orbit 1977 Event Voyager 2 launched for fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune 1977 Event Voyager 1 (U.S.) launched toward fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn 1977 Event High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 launched into Earth orbit 1976 Event Hermes rocket launched by European Space Agency 1976 Event US-German Helios B solar probe launched into solar orbit 1975 Event Venera 9, 1st craft to orbit planet Venus launched 1975 Event Viking 1 launched to orbit around Mars, soft landing 1975 Event Apollo 18 launched (will rendezvous with Soyuz) 1975 Event Soyuz 19 and Apollo 18 launched; rendezvous 2 days later 1975 Event Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 53 launched to study X-rays 1975 Event Landsat 2, an Earth Resources Technology Satellite, launched 1975 Event Salyut 4 with crew of 2 is launched for 30 days 1974 Event Helios 1 launched by U.S., Germany; later makes closest flyby of Sun 1974 Event Space probe Helios 1 launched 1974 Event Soyuz 16 launched into Earth orbit for 6 days 1974 Event Luna 23 launched (landing on Moon) 1973 Event Soyuz 13 launched into Earth orbit for 8 days 1973 Event Skylab 4 launched into Earth orbit 1973 Event Intelsat communications satellite launched 1973 Event Skylab 3's astronauts, Bean, Garriott and Lousma, launched 1973 Event Skylab launched, 1st Space Station 1973 Event Pioneer 11 launched toward Jupiter and Saturn 1973 Event Pioneer 11 launched to Jupiter 1973 Event Luna 21 launched, to Moon 1972 Event Apollo 17 (U.S.), final manned lunar landing mission, launched 1972 Event Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 48 launched to study gamma rays 1972 Event Spaceflight 71-2 launched; 1st flexible substrate photovoltaic flown 1972 Event U.S. orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus launched 1972 Event 1st Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) is launched 1972 Event Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 4 (Copernicus) launched 1972 Event Apollo 16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands) 1972 Event Venera 8 launched to Venus 1972 Event Pioneer 10 launched for Jupiter flyby 1972 Event Luna 20 (Russia) launched to orbit and soft landing on Moon 1971 Event Orbiting Solar Observatory VII launched 1971 Event Apollo 15 launched (Scott and Irwin) to 4th manned landing on Moon 1971 Event U.S. Mariner 9, 1st satellite to orbit Mars launched 1971 Event U.S.S.R. Mars 3 launched, 1st spacecraft to soft land on Mars 1971 Event Soyuz 10 launched; cosmonauts become 1st in Salyut 1 space station 1971 Event Soyuz 10 launched 1971 Event U.S.S.R. Salyut 1 launched; 1st manned lab in orbit 1971 Event U.S. and Canada ISIS 2 launched to study ionosphere 1971 Event Apollo 14 launched, 1st landing in lunar highlands 1970 Event Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 42 launched to study X-rays 1970 Event Luna 17, with unmanned self-propelled Lunokhod 1, is launched 1970 Event Venera 7 launched, makes 1st softlanding on Venus 1970 Event Soyuz 9 launched into Earth orbit for 18 days 1970 Event Apollo 13 launched to Moon; unable to land, returns in 6 days 1970 Event Australia's 1st amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (Calif) 1969 Event Apollo 12 (Conrad/Gordon/Bean) launched for 2nd manned Moon landing 1969 Event Soyuz 8 is launched 1969 Event Soyuz 7 is launched 1969 Event Soyuz 6 launched; Soyuz 7 and 8 follow in next 2 days 1969 Event Pioneer 10 launched 1969 Event Apollo 11, carrying 1st men to land on Moon, launched 1969 Event Apollo 10 (Stafford/Cernan/Young) launched toward lunar orbit 1969 Event Soviet weather satellite Meteor 1 launched 1969 Event Apollo 9 launched for 151 Earth orbits (10 days) 1969 Event Mariner 6 launched for fly-by of Mars 1969 Event Mariner 6 launched for Mars flyby 1969 Event U.S. / Canada ISIS 1 launched to study ionosphere 1969 Event Orbiting Solar Observatory 5 launched into earth orbit 1969 Event Soyuz 5 launched by Soviet Union 1969 Event Soyuz 4 launched; rendezvous with Soyuz 5 two days later 1969 Event U.S.S.R.'s Venera 6 launched for parachute landing on Venus 1969 Event U.S.S.R. Venera 5 launched for 1st successful planet landing (Venus) 1968 Event Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit 1968 Event 1st European satellite launched, Esro 1, at Cape Kennedy 1968 Event Soyuz 3 launched 1968 Event U.S.S.R.'s Zond 5 is launched on 1st circumlunar flight 1968 Event Radio astronomy satellite Explorer 38 launched (o 450 m) 1968 Event Apollo 6 launched atop Saturn V; unmanned 1968 Event Orbiting Geophysical Observatory 5 launched 1968 Event Apollo 5 launched to Moon; unmanned lunar module tests made 1968 Event Explorer 36 (GEOS-B) launched into earth orbit (1080/1570 km) 1968 Event Surveyor 7 (last of series) launched by U.S. for soft-landing on Moon 1967 Event Surveyor 6 launched for soft landing on Moon 1967 Event ATS-3 launched by U.S. to take 1st pictures of full Earth disk 1967 Event British liner Queen Elizabeth II launched at Clydebank, Scotland 1967 Event Surveyor 5 launched; makes soft landing on Moon Sept 10 1967 Event U.S.'s Lunar Orbiter 5 launched; enters lunar orbit Aug 5 1967 Event Surveyor 4 launched to Moon; explodes just before landing 1967 Event Lunar Orbiter 4 launched by U.S.; begins orbiting Moon May 7 1967 Event Soyuz 1 launched; Vladimir Komarov becomes 1st in-flight casualty 1967 Event Surveyor 3 launched; soft lands on Moon, April 20 1967 Event ATS II launched but fails to reach orbit 1967 Event 25,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, offensive to smash Viet Cong stronghold near Cambodian border 1966 Event Gemini 12 (Lovell and Aldrin) launched on 4-day flight 1966 Event Lunar Orbiter 2 launched by US 1966 Event Lunar Orbiter 2 launched 1966 Event 1st Pacific communications satellite launched, Intelsat 2 1966 Event U.S. Surveyor B launched toward Moon; crashed Sept 23 1966 Event 1st British nuclear sub HMS Resolution launched 1966 Event Gemini XI (Charles Conrad and R Gordon) launched for 71-hour flight 1966 Event Pioneer 7 launched into solar orbit 1966 Event 1st lunar orbiter launched by U.S. 1966 Event Gemini 10 launched (John Young and Michael Collins) 1966 Event Pioneer 7 launched 1966 Event Saturn I rocket launched at Cape Kennedy 1966 Event Explorer 33 launched 1966 Event Kosmos 122, 1st Soviet weather satellite, launched 1966 Event Gemini 9 launched; 7th U.S. 2-man flight, Stafford and Cernan 1966 Event OAO 1, 1st orbiting astronomical observatory, launched 1966 Event Gemini 8 launched with Armstrong and Scott, aborted after 6.5 orbits 1966 Event 1st operational weather satellite, ESSA-1 launched U.S. 1965 Event Pioneer 6 launched into solar orbit 1965 Event Gemini 6 launched; makes 1st rendezvous in space (with Gemini 7) 1965 Event Gemini 7 (Borman and Lovell) launched 1965 Event 1st French satellite launched, France becomes 3rd nation in space 1965 Event Venera 3 launched, 1st to land on another planet (crashes into Venus) 1965 Event Venera 2 launched by Soviet Union toward Venus 1965 Event Zond 3 launched to fly by Moon, enters solar orbit 1965 Event Gemini 4 launched; 2nd U.S. 2-man flight, McDivitt and White 1965 Event Luna 5 launched (U.S.S.R.) 1st attempt to soft land on Moon (fails) 1965 Event 1st atomic powered spacecraft launched 1965 Event Gemini 3 launched, 1st U.S. 2-man space flight (Grissom and Young) 1965 Event U.S. Ranger 9 launched; takes 5,814 pictures before lunar impact 1965 Event U.S. Ranger 8 launched, will transmit 7,137 lunar pictures 1965 Event Pegasus 1 launched to detect micro-meteors 1964 Event Mariner 4 launched; 1st probe to fly by Mars 1964 Event Voskhod 1 launched: 1st flight with 3 cosmonauts 1964 Event Free Speech Movement launched at University of California, Berkley 1964 Event U.S. weather satellite Nimbus 1 launched 1964 Event Communication satellite Syncom 3 launched 1964 Event Ranger 7 launched toward the Moon; sent back 4308 TV pictures 1964 Event Unmanned Apollo 2 Saturn test launched into Earth orbit 1964 Event Unmanned Gemini 1 launched 1964 Event Ranger 6 launched; makes perfect flight to Moon, but cameras fail 1964 Event Echo 2, U.S. communications satellite launched 1963 Event 1st Dutch rocket launched/reaches height of 10 km 1963 Event Explorer 18 launched 1963 Event 2 secret U.S. military satellites launched from Cape Canaveral 1963 Event U.S. Syncom 2, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched 1963 Event Vostok 6 launched, pilot is 1st woman cosmonaut 1963 Event Last Project Mercury flight, L Gordon Cooper in Faith 7, launched 1963 Event SETC Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6,700 miles (10,800 km)) 1962 Event Transit 5A1, 1st operational navigational satellite, launched 1962 Event Relay 1 communication satellite launched 1962 Event Wally Schirra in Sigma 7 launched into Earth orbit 1962 Event Alouette (Canada), 1st Canadian satellite, launched 1962 Event Mariner 2 launched; 1st probe to fly by Venus 1962 Event Mariner I launched to Mars falls into Atlantic Ocean 1962 Event Mariner 2 launched to Venus; flyby mission 1962 Event Telstar, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched 1962 Event Oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit 1962 Event M. Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into Earth orbit 1962 Event 1st U.S. satellite to reach the moon launched 1962 Event Ranger 4, 1st U.S. satellite to reach Moon launched from Cape Canaveral 1961 Event Ham radio satellite Oscar 1 launched with military Discoverer 36 1961 Event U.S. Ranger 2 launched to Moon; failed 1961 Event Unmanned Mercury-Atlas 4 launched into Earth orbit 1961 Event Discoverer 25 launched 1961 Event Explorer 10 launched into elongated Earth orbit (177/181,000 km) 1961 Event U.S. satellite Explorer 9 is launched 1960 Event Tiros 2, a weather satellite is launched 1960 Event USS George Washington, 1st sub with nuclear ballistic missiles, launched 1960 Event 1st British nuclear sub Dreadnought launched 1960 Event Courier 1B Launched; 1st active repeater satellite in orbit 1960 Event Echo 1, 1st communications satellite, is launched 1960 Event Discoverer 13 launched into orbit; returned 1st object from space 1960 Event Echo I, 1st passive satellite launched 1960 Event U.S.S.R.'s Sputnik 5 launched with 2 dogs 1960 Event Sputnik 4 launched into Earth orbit; later recovery failed 1960 Event French liner "France" launched 1960 Event 1st atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched, the Tullibee 1960 Event 1st weather satellite launched (Tiros 1) 1960 Event RCA TIROS (TV and Infra-Red Observation 'weather' Satellite) I launched 1960 Event 1st guided missile launched from nuclear powered sub (Halibut) 1960 Event Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth and Venus 1959 Event Vanguard 3 launched into Earth orbit 1959 Event Transit 1A, 1st navigational satellite launched; failed to orbit 1959 Event Luna 2 launched by U.S.S.R.; 1st spacecraft to impact on Moon 1959 Event Satellite Discoverer 6 launched into polar orbit 1959 Event Military satellite Discoverer 5 launched (into polar orbit) 1959 Event 1st ballistic missile sub launched, George Washington 1959 Event Vanguard SLV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed) 1959 Event 1st U.S. probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, launched 1959 Event 1st weather satellite launched, Vanguard 2, 9.8 kg 1958 Event 1st guided missile destroyer launched, Dewey, Bath, Me 1958 Event Vanguard SLV-2 launched for Earth orbit (failed) 1958 Event Vanguard SLV-1 launched for Earth orbit (failed) 1958 Event Vanguard TV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed) 1958 Event U.S. Army launched America's third successful satellite, "Explorer III" 1958 Event 1st U.S. satellite, Explorer I, launched 1957 Event 2nd Soviet Earth-satellite launched 1957 Event 1st submarine designed to fire guided missiles launched, Grayback 1957 Event 18,000 people at Madison Square Garden-Billy Graham launched a crusade 1955 Event Worlds most powerful aircraft carrier, USS Saratoga launched 1955 Event Aircraft carrier USS Saratoga at Brooklyn launched 1955 Event 1st atomic sub, USS Nautilus, launched at Groton Conn 1951 Birthday Jack Green, musician, guitar, played with T. Rex, The Pretty Things, member of Rainbow, launched solo album Humanesque 1947 Event 192m long passenger ship Willem Ruys (Achille Lauro) launched 1943 Event U.S. aircraft carrier Hornet launched 1943 Event 1st warship named for a Black person, USS Leonard Roy Harmon, launched 1943 Event U.S. destroyer William D. Porter [Willie Dee] launched 1943 Event Liberty Ship George Washington Carver, named after scientist, launched 1942 Event 1st submarine built on Great Lakes launched, (Peto), Manitowoc, Wi 1941 Event 1st WW II liberty ship, freighter Patrick Henry, launched 1941 Event British Prime Minister Winston Churchill launched his "V for Victory" campaign 1941 Event 1st Navy vessel constructed as mine layer Terror launched 1940 Event 1st U.S. merchant ship "Booker T Washington" commanded by a black captain (Hugh Mulzac), launched at Wilmington Delaware 1939 Event German battleship Bismarck was launched 1938 Event Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched at Glasgow 1938 Event 34,000-ton Cunard-White Star liner Mauretania launched at Birkenhead 1934 Event British liner Queen Mary is launched 1932 Event French liner Normandie is launched 1931 Event 1st air-conditioned ship (Mariposa) launched 1931 Event Ironclad cruiser Germany launched in Kiel 1930 Event 1st streamlined submarine of U.S. navy, USS Nautilus, launched 1919 Event 1st hospital ship built to move wounded naval personnel launched 1918 Event Socony 200, 1st concrete barge in U.S., launched to carry oil, New York 1918 Event 1st concrete ship to cross the Atlantic (Faith) is launched, SF 1912 Event Naval torpedo launched from an airplane patents by B. A. Fiske 1909 Event 1st San Francisco fireboat, David Scannell, launched 1906 Event Britain's 1st modern and largest battleship "HMS Dreadnought" launched 1901 Event 1st Royal Naval submarine launched at Barrow 1894 Event 1st U.S. steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath, Me 1862 Event Confederate ironclad "Merrimack" launched 1862 Event Galena, 1st U.S. iron-clad warship for service at sea, launched, Connecticut 1862 Event U.S. Navy's 1st ironclad warship, the Monitor, launched 1818 Event 1st steam-vessel to sail Great Lakes launched 1814 Event "Demologos," 1st steam-powered warship, is launched 1797 Event U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, Old Ironsides, launched in Boston 1797 Event U.S. frigate Constitution (Old Ironsides) launched in Boston 1797 Event 1st U.S. frigate, the "United States," is launched in Philadelphia 1797 Event 1st Navy ship, the "United States," is launched 1751 Event Royal ship Duc de Bourgogne launched at Rochefort 1270 Event 8th and last crusade is launched
