February 5, 1971 : USA's Apollo 14 Became The Third Spacecraft To Land Humans On The Moon:
USA's NASA Apollo 14, launched 31 January 1971, was the third mission in which humans walked on the Lunar surface and returned to Earth, and the first to land in the Lunar highlands. On 5 February 1971 two astronauts (Apollo 14 Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. and LM pilot Edgar D. Mitchell) landed ne ... More...
February 5, 1971
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February 5, 1987 : USSR Launched Soyuz TM-2 With EO-2 Long Duration Crew To The Soviet Space Station Mir:
USSR Soyuz TM-2 was the spacecraft used to launch a long duration crew to the Soviet space station Mir, which was unmanned at the time. Soyuz TM-2 was launched on 5 February 1987, and it was the first manned spaceflight of the Soyuz-TM spacecraft, and the second manned spaceflight to Mir (the first ... More...
February 5, 1987
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February 2, 2008 : Died Barry Morse Long Time Science Fiction Actor Best Known As Professor Victor Bergman In Space: 1999
Herbert ''Barry'' Morse (10 June 1918 - 2 February 2008) was an Anglo-Canadian actor of stage, screen, and radio best known for his roles in the ABC television series The Fugitive and the British sci-fi drama Space: 1999. His performing career spanned seven decades and he had thousands of roles to h ... More...
February 2, 1987
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February 1, 2003 : Space Shuttle Columbia Broke Apart Over Southwestern US During Landing. All 7 Crew Members Were Killed
Space Shuttle Columbia while re-entering into Earth's atmosphere disintegrated killing all 7 astronauts. After review, NASA's Columbia Accident Investigation Board determined that a hole was punctured in the leading edge on one of Columbia's wings, made of a carbon-carbon composite. The hole had for ... More...
February 1, 1987
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