CHRONOLOGY NOVEMBER 2009

3/23/06

120 Years Ago – 1889

Nov 20: Edwin Hubble born.

75 Years Ago - 1934

Nov 9: Carl Sagan born.

55 Years Ago - 1954

Nov 2: Convair XYF-1 took off vertically, flew horizontally,

and then landed vertically, San Diego, CA.

Dec 10 - Col. John P. Stapp, USAF, attained speed of 632

50 Years Ago – 1959

Nov 7: Discoverer 7 orbited, 1528 EST, WSMC.

Nov 21: Discoverer 8 orbited, 1428 EST, WSMC.

Nov 26: Lunar Satellite Atlas-Able IV failed to orbit,

2:26 a.m., EST, ESMC.

45 Years Ago - 1964

Nov 5: Mariner 3 launched, failed to jettison spacecraft

shroud, 1422 EST, ESMC.

Nov 6: Explorer 23 launched, 7:02 a.m., EST, WFF.

Nov 21: Explorers 24 and 25 launched, first NASA dual payload,

9:09 a.m., PST, WSMC.

Nov 28: Mariner 4 launched, 0922 EST, ESMC. Encountered Mars

July 14, 1965.

40 Years Ago - 1969

Nov 8: Azur launched, US/West German cooperative satellite,

8:52 p.m., EST, WSMC.

Nov 14: Apollo 12 launched, second lunar landing mission.

Astronauts Conrad, Bean, and Gordon aboard, 11:22 a.m., EST, KSC.

Saturn 5 struck by lightning shortly after launch.

Richard Nixon becomes first President to attend a launch when he witnessed the Apollo 12 launch.

Nov 21: Skynet 1 launched, 1937 EST, ESMC.

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35 Years Ago – 1974

Nov 14: NOAA 4 launched, 12:1l p.m., EST, WSMC. Oscar 7,

Intasat pickaback.

Nov 21: Intelsat IV F-8 launched, 6:44 p.m., EST, ESMC.

Nov 22: Skynet II-B launched, 1928 EST, ESMC.

Nov 30: Zond 2 launched, 1312 UT, Baikonur, USSR.

30 Years Ago – 1979

Nov 21: DSCS II-13 and 14 launched, 9:09 p.m., EST, ESMC.

25 Years Ago - 1984

Nov 8: STS 51A (Space Shuttle Discovery) launched from KSC, 7:15 a.m., EST, with astronauts Frederick H. (Rick) Hauck , David M. Walker, Joseph P. Allen, Anna L. Fisher, and Dale A. Gardner. Satellites TELESAT-H (ANIK) and SYNCOM IV-I (also known as LEASAT-1) deployed. Retrieval of PALAPA-B2 and WESTAR-VI satellites. Landed at KSC, Nov 16 at 6:59 a.m., EST. Mission duration: 7 days, 23 hours, 44 minutes.

First retrieval and return of two disabled communications satellites (Westar 6, Palapa B2) to Earth.

Nov 9: Anik D2 launched from STS 51-A.

Nov 9: Syncom IV-1 launched from STS 51-A.

Nov 12: Palapa B-2 retrieved by STS 51-A.

Nov 14 - Westar 6 retrieved by STS 51-A.

Nov 12: NATO III-D launched, 7:34 p.m., EST, ESMC.

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20 Years Ago - 1989

Nov 18: COBE (Cosmic Background Explorer) launched,

6:34 a.m., PST.

Nov 23: STS-33 (Space Shuttle Discovery) launched from KSC, with astronauts Frederick D. Gregory, John E. Blaha, Kathyrn C. Thornton, F. Story Musgrave, and Manley L Carter, Jr. DoD mission. Landed Edwards AFB, CA, Nov 27, 7:23 p.m., EST. Mission duration: 5 days, 0 hours, 6 minutes.

Nov 23: DoD Satellite launched from STS-33.

15 Years Ago – 1994

Nov 1: WIND launched as part of the ISTP Project at 09:31:00 UTC.

Nov 3: STS-66 (Space Shuttle Atlantis) launched 11:59 a.m. EDT, KSC. Astronauts Donald R. McMonagle, Curtis L. Brown, Jr., Ellen Ochoa, Scott E. Parazynski, Joseph R. Tanner, and Jean-Francois Clervoy. The Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Sciences - 3 (ATLAS-03), the primary payload, made the first detailed measurements and studied the possible effects of the ozone hole on mid-latitudes. Landed November 14, 1994 at 10:33:45 a.m. EST at Edwards Air Force Base. Mission duration: 10 days, 22 hours, 34 minutes.

10 Years Ago – 1999

Nov 19: Shenzhou, a Chinese (PRC) unmanned capsule, launched by a Long March 2F rocket from Jiquan launch center in Gansu province at 6 a.m. (22:30 UT). It carried a mannequin for test purposes in preparation for manned "taikonaut" flights.

Nov 26: Galileo flyby of Jupiter moon Io.