2014 Event Orbital Sciences Corp. launches its second cargo rocket to the International Space Station; Orbital and competitor Space X each have contracts for space supply delivery 2012 Event After a classified 469-day orbital mission, the U.S. air force's robotic Boeing X-37-B spaceplane returns to Earth 2011 Event China makes its first orbital docking as its unmanned Shenzhou 8 spacecraft successfully docks with the orbiting Tiangong 1 space station module 1987 Event Discovery in Orbital Processing Facility is powered up for STS-26 1964 Event NASA launches its 1st Orbital Geophysical Observatory (OGO-1)
