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 ...
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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 of the spacecraft and out of the windows.
Apollo 7 was launched on 11 October 1968. For nearly 11 days, the Apollo Command Module was run through numerous tests. It was recovered after a 260-hour flight and 163 orbits.
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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 ...
11 October
1968: On 11 October 1968, the NASA mission Apollo 7 was launched.After the January 1967 Apollo launch pad fire, the command module had been extensively redesigned. Apollo 7 was the ...
10 October
1986: On 10 October 1986, another object, apart from the Moon and manmade satellites, was discovered in orbit around Earth.Asteroid 3753 was found by J.D. Waldron and named 'Cruithne' after ...
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