January Anniversary Dates
Jan. 1, 1973 -
Intelsat 4 F-6 launch
Jan. 2, 1986 -
STS-61-C launched
Jan. 3, 1999 -
Deep Space 2 launch aboard the Mars Polar Lander
Jan. 3, 1999 -
Mars Polar Lander launch
Jan. 6, 1978 -
Intelsat 4A F-3 launch
Jan. 7, 1968 -
Surveyor 7 launch
Jan. 9, 1990 -
STS-32 launch, LDEF retrieval
Jan. 11, 1967 -
Intelsat 2 F-2 launch
Jan. 11, 1968 -
GEOS 2 launch
Jan. 11, 1996 -
STS-72 launch
Jan. 12, 1986 -
STS-61C launch
Jan. 12, 1997 -
STS-81 launch
Jan. 12, 2003 -
ICESAT/
CHIPSAT launch
Jan. 12, 2005 -
Deep Impact
Jan. 13, 1993 -
STS-54 launch
Jan. 14, 1970 -
Intelsat 3 F-6 launch
Jan. 15, 1976 -
Helios 2 launch
Jan. 16, 2003 -
STS-107 launch
Jan. 17, 1976 -
CTS launch
Jan. 17, 1980 -
FLTSATCOM 3 launch
Jan. 18, 1974 -
Skynet II-A launch
Jan. 19, 1965 -
Gemini 2 launch
Jan. 19, 2006 -
New Horizons launch
Jan. 20, 1996 -
STS-72 landing at Kennedy Space Center
Jan. 21, 1964 -
Relay 2 launch
Jan. 22, 1964 -
OSO 5 launch
Jan. 22, 1965 -
TIROS 9 launch
Jan. 22, 1968 -
AS-204 Apollo 5 launch, first orbital test of Apollo spaceraft Lunar Module
Jan. 22, 1972 -
Intelsat 4 F-4 launch
Jan. 22, 1975 -
LANDSAT 2
launch
Jan. 22, 1992 -
STS-42 launch, International Microgravity Laboratory-1
Jan. 22, 1998 -
STS-89 launch, 8th MIR docking
Jan. 23, 1970 -
OSCAR 5 launch
Jan. 23, 1970 -
ITOS I launch
Jan. 24, 1985 -
STS-51-C launch, first Department of Defense Shuttle mission
Jan. 25, 1964 -
Echo 2 launch
Jan. 25, 1983 -
IRAS launch
Jan. 25, 2003 -
SORCE launch
Jan. 26, 1962 -
Ranger 3 launch, first measurements taken of interplanetary gamma ray flux
Jan. 26, 1967 -
ESSA 4 launch
Jan. 26, 1971 -
Intelsat 4 F-2 launch
Jan. 26, 1978 -
International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) launch
Jan. 27, 1967 -
Apollo 1 accident
Jan. 27, 1977 -
NATO III-B launch
Jan. 28, 1969 -
ISIS 1 launch
Jan. 28, 1986 -
STS 51-L Challenger accident
Jan. 29, 1964 -
SA-5, first test flight of the new Saturn/Apollo Block II vehicles
Jan. 30, 1964 -
Ranger 6 launch
Jan. 30, 1979 -
SCATHA P78-2 launch
Jan. 31, 1958 -
Explorer 1 launch, first satellite launched by U.S.
Jan. 31, 1961 -
MR-2 ("Ham" the Chimp) launch
Jan. 31, 1971 -
Apollo 14 launch
Jan. 31, 1972 -
HEOS 2 launch
NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center