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- July in Space History.
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- 2 Giotto launched on its way to Halley's Comet (1985).
- 3 Starstruck Inc launched its dolphin rocket off San Clemente Island. (1984).
- 5 Mariner 5 flew by Mars
- 6 Newton publishes 'Principia' (1687)
- Ssoviets launch Titov in Vostok 2; 17 orbits; 25hr/18 min. (1961).
- 7 Apollo 15 returned 12d /7 hr/11 min/53 sec. (1971).
- 8 Pioneer-Venus 2 Multi-probe launched to Venus. (1978).
- 9 Voyager 2 flies past Jupiter. (1979)
- 10 Launch of Telstar, 1st private communications satellite (1962).
- Robert Goddard died. (1945).
- Orbiter 1 Launched to moon. (1966).
- 11 Debris of Skylab falls on Australia (1979).
- Cosmonaut Micolaev set record for longest space flight--4 days. (1962).
- 12 Echo I, 1st passive satellite launched. (1960).
- USSR's Sputnik 5 launched with 2 dogs. (1960).
- Cosmonaught Popovich went into space. 1st time 2 manned craft were in space
- simultaneously. (1962).
- 1st free flight test of Enterprise. (1977).
- 14 Mariner 4, 1st craft to fly by Mars (1965)
- 15 US/USSR launch Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (1975).
- 16 Launch of Apollo 11. Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins (1969).
- Start of SPACEWEEK.
- 17 Apollo-Soyus; 1st US/USSR linkup in space (1975)
- First photograph of a star (Vega) (1850).
- Pioneer 7 launched.
- 18 Carl Sagan turns one billion seconds old (1966).
- Launch of Gemini X, John Young and Mike Collins (1966).
- Svetlana Savitskaya accompanies Vladimir Dzhanibekov on an EVA outside
- Salyut 7, becoming the first woman to walk in space. (1984)
- 20 1st men on the Moon, Neil Armstrong & Edwin Aldrin, Apollo 11, (1969)
- Voyager 2 launched. (1977).
- Viking 1, 1st probe to transmit from surface of Mars, (1976).
- USSR recovered 2 dogs; 1st living organisms to return from space. (1960).
- 21 Launch of Mercury 4 Gus Grissom sub-orbital flight. (1961).
- Gemini 5 launched atop Titan V with Cooper & Conrad (1965).
- Launch of Mercury 4 (Liberty bell) with Grissom. (1961).
- 23 ERTS 1 (EARTH RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE) later called LANDSAT
- is launched to start its multi-spectral scans of Earth. (1972)
- 24 A V-2/WAC Corporal combination launched, 1st launch from Cape Canaveral.
- 25 USSR launches Mars 5 (1973).
- Voyager 2 encounters Saturn. (1981).
- 26 US Launches Syncom 2, 1st geosynchronous satellite (1963).
- Launch of Apollo 15 (1971).
- USSR launched the 1st intercontinental multi-stage ballistic missle. (1957).
- Canada's Anik D1 comsat launched by US delta rocket. (1982).
- USSR's Soyuz failed to dock with Salyut 3. (1974).
- 27 Mariner 2 launched to venus; flyby mission. (1962).
- Pioneer 10 Launched. (1969).
- 28 1st photograph of a total solar eclipse. (1851)
- US launches Ranger 7 to the moon. (1964).
- Skylab II launched (1973).
- 29 Gemini 5 returned after 12 d/7 hr/11 min/53 sec. (1965).
- Pioneer 11 transmitted images of Saturn & its rings. (1978).
- 30 Apollo 15 lands on Moon, (1971).
- STS-8 3rd flight of Challenger. 1st night launch and land. (1983).
- STS-14 1st flight of Discovery. (1984).
- 31 Ranger 7 transmits 1st lunar close-up photos before impact (1964).