Video: 'Mir Space Station Launch 1986'
(Thursday, February 20, 1986, 12:28:23 a.m. MSK) — The Soviet Union today sent up the core module of space station Mir (Peace), which would serve as a permanently manned base for the next generation in space.
Mir stayed in orbit until 2001, when it was brought down in a controlled descent, breaking up in the atmosphere.
Video: 'The Luna 9 Story - Space Vehicle Lands On The Moon (1966)'
(Thursday, February 3, 1966, 9:45 p.m. MSK/1:45 p.m. EST) — The Soviet probe Luna 9 today became the first man-made object to achieve a soft landing on the Moon, or any planetary body other than Earth, and to transmit photographic data to Earth from the surface of another planetary body.
Video: 'Challenger: President Reagan's Challenger Disaster Speech - 1/28/86'
(Tuesday, January 28, 1986, 5:00 p.m. EST) — U.S. President Ronald Reagan, saying “today is a day for mourning and remembering,” postponed the State of the Union speech he had planned for tonight because of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. Continue reading Reagan postpones State of the Union Message to address Challenger disaster 30 years ago this hour (Jan 28 1986)
Video: 'Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion LIVE TV'
(Tuesday, January 28, 1986, 11:39:13 a.m. EST/16:39:13 UTC) — Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds after launch today, killing the crew of seven astronauts, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe. Continue reading Space Shuttle Challenger explodes after liftoff, killing all seven astronauts on board 30 years ago this hour (Jan 28 1986)
Video: 'Radar Makes Round Trip To Moon 1946-01-31 Universal Newsreel Project Diana Earth-Moon-Earth'
(Thursday, January 10, 1946, 11:58 a.m. EST) — The first man-made contact with the moon was made today as radar signals transmitted by the U.S. Army Signal Corps from a laboratory in Belmar, New Jersey, as part of Project Diana were bounced off the lunar surface, measuring its exact distance from the Earth (a mean of 238,857 miles or 384,403 kilometers), and proving that communication is possible between Earth and outer space.
Video: '(4) Gemini 6 (CBS NEWS)' (CBS coverage begins at 12:30:00 UTC with launch at 13:37:26 UTC)
(Wednesday, December 15, 1965, 17:27 UTC) — Two U.S. manned spacecraft, Gemini 6A and Gemini 7, maneuvered to within 10 feet of each other today while in orbit.
Video: 'Lessons from NASA's Galileo Probe | How the Universe Works'
(Thursday, December 7, 1995, 22:04 UTC) — A 746-pound probe from the Galileo spacecraft hurtled into Jupiter’s atmosphere today, sending back data to the mother-ship before it was presumably destroyed.
Video: 'Gemini 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 Launches: Cape Kennedy 1965 US Air Force Eastern Test Range; Titan IIIC...' (Dec. 4, 1965, at 24:43)
(Saturday, December 4, 1965, 19:30:03 UTC) — The United States today launched Gemini 7 with Air Force Lt. Col. Frank Borman and Navy Cmdr. James A. Lovell aboard on a two-week mission.
While Gemini 7 was in orbit, its sister ship, Gemini 6A, was launched on Dec. 15, 1965, on a one-day mission; the two spacecraft were able to rendezvous within a foot of each other.
Video: 'NASA/ESA SOHO - Launch, December 2, 1995'
(Saturday, December 2, 1995, 3:08 a.m. EST) — NASA today launched the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), a joint project of the United States and the European Space Agency, on a $1 billion mission to study the sun and interplanetary space.
Video: 'Another Step Towards Moon (1965)'
(Saturday, August 21, 1965, 13:59:59 UTC) — Gemini 5, carrying astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles “Pete” Conrad, blasted off today from Cape Canaveral, Florida, for a record eight-day trip in space, overcoming a few seconds of pogo (axial oscillation of the rocket) during first stage flight.
