CHRONOLOGY – JANUARY 2007
3/21/06
45 YEARS AGO – 1962
Jan
3: NASA announced name of two-manned spacecraft,
"Gemini."
Jan
13: Discoverer 37 launched, 4:41 p.m.,
EST, WSMC.
Jan
24: Composite 1 (Navy), GREB IV, Lofti III, Injun II,
and
Surcal launched, 4:30 a.m., EST, ESMC.
Jan
26: Ranger 3 launched, 3:30 p.m., EST,
ESMC, WSMC.
40 YEARS AGO – 1967
Jan
11: Intelsat II F-2 launched, 5:55 a.m.,
EST, ESMC. Also known
as Pacific 1.
Jan
26: ESSA 4 launched, 12:32 p.m., EST,
WSMC.
Jan
27: Apollo l/AS 204 fire, 6:31 p.m., EST, ESMC, Astronauts Grissom, White, and Chaffee
die in capsule fire.
Jan
27: Space Law Treaty signed,
35 YEARS AGO – 1972
Jan
5: President
Nixon announced decision that
a reusable space shuttle,
Jan
22: Intelsat IV F-4 launched,
7:12 p.m., EST, ESMC.
Jan
31: HEOS A-2 launched, 12:20 p.m., EST,
WSMC.
30 YEARS AGO -- 1977
Jan
27: NATO III-B launched, 7:49 p.m., EST,
ESMC.
25 YEARS AGO – 1982
Jan
15: RCA-IV launched, 8:54 p.m., EST,
ESMC.
15 YEARS AGO – 1992
Jan. 22: STS-42 (Space Shuttle Discovery) launched at 9:52 a.m, EST, KSC. Astronauts Stephen S. Oswald, David C. Hilmers, William F. Readdy, Roberta L. Bondar, and Ulf D. Merbold. Carried in the cargo bay was the International Microgravity Laboratory 1 (IML-1) a pressurized manned Spacelab module, to explore in depth the complex effects of weightlessness on living organisms and materials processing. Landed January 30, l992, 8:07 a.m. PST, Edwards Air Force Base, CA. Mission duration: 8 days, 1 hour, 14 minutes.
10 YEARS AGO – 1997
Jan. 12: STS-81 (Space Shuttle Atlantis) launched at 4:27 a.m. EST, KSC. Astronauts Michael A. Baker, Brent W. Jett, Jr., John M. Grunsfeld, Marsha S. Ivins, Peter J. K. Wisoff, and Jerry M. Linenger. Astronaut John Blaha, who had been on Mir since September 19, 1996, was replaced by astronaut Jerry Linenger. Landed at KSC on January 22, 1997, 9:23 a.m. EST. Mission duration: 10 days, 4 hours, 56 minutes.