Roaming Astronomer

Watching Earth from a Fixed Point in Space 1975 — GOES-1 Begins a New Era of Weather Watching 22:40 UTC On October 16, 1975, a Delta r...

The Journey to Saturn Begins 1997 — Cassini-Huygens Begins Its Journey to Saturn 08:43 UTC Before dawn on October 15, 1997, one of the...

Breaking the Sound Barrier 1947 — Chuck Yeager Flies Faster Than Sound Flight time not precisely established On October 14, 1947, Capt...

A Whirlpool Among the Stars 1773 — Charles Messier Discovers the Whirlpool Galaxy Observation time not established On October 13, 1773...

Three People Share a Spacecraft 1964 — Voskhod 1 Carries the First Multi-Person Crew into Orbit 07:30:01 UTC On October 12, 1964, a So...

Apollo Returns to Flight 1968 — Apollo 7 Carries the Apollo Program Back into Space 15:02:45 UTC On October 11, 1968, three astronauts...

The Rules for a New Frontier 1967 — The Outer Space Treaty Enters into Force Time not applicable On October 10, 1967, an international...