15 October
1997: On 15 October 1997, the joint NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens mission was launched. It was the first spacecraft sent to land on a world in the outer Solar System - on ...
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2002: On 16 October 2002, the countdown for the launch of the Integral mission started at 22:41 GMT in ESOC, ESA's mission control centre in Darmstadt, Germany. To make the spacecraft ready for launch on 17 October, at the same time the loading of propellant for the Proton launcher at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan began.
Earlier in the day, ESA-assigned meteorologists confirmed that weather conditions were acceptable for launch and at 09:00 GMT, the Integral Flight Operations Director gave the go-ahead for the launch.
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14 October
1968: On 14 October 1968, the first live telecast from Earth orbit was transmitted from Apollo 7.NASA astronauts Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walt Cunningham showed views of the inside ...
13 October
1997: On 13 October 1997, the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens mission had been due to be launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA.At nearly the last moment, the launch was cancelled. Engineers ...
12 October
1912: On 12 October 1912, Lewis Boss died.Boss was an American astronomer best known for his compilation of two catalogues of stars. In 1895 Boss began to plan a general ...
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