February Anniversary Dates
Feb. 1, 2003 - Tragic loss of Columbia and
STS-107 crew 16 minutes from landing at Kennedy Space Center
Feb. 2, 1967 -
KH 7-36 launch
Feb. 3, 1965 -
OSO 2 launch
Feb. 3, 1966 -
ESSA 1 launch
Feb. 3, 1970 -
SERT 2 launch
Feb. 3, 1984 -
STS-41B launch, first KSC landing
Feb. 3, 1994 -
STS-60 launch, first Russian cosmonaut, Spacehab 2, Wake Shield Facility
Feb. 3, 1995 -
STS-63 launch, MIR rendezvous, first female shuttle pilot
Feb. 4, 1995 -
ODERACS 2A launch, deployed by STS-63
Feb. 5, 1969 -
Intelsat 3 F-3 launch
Feb. 6, 1975 -
SMS-2 launch
Feb. 6, 2009 -
NOAA-N Prime launch
Feb. 7, 2001 -
STS-98 Launch
Feb. 7, 2008 -
STS-122 Launch
Feb. 8, 1962 -
TIROS 4 launch
Feb. 8, 1988 -
SDI-2 launch
Feb. 8, 2010 -
STS-131 launch
Feb. 9, 1978 -
FLTSATCOM 1 launch
Feb. 10, 1992 -
DSCS III-08 launch
Feb. 11, 1974 -
Titan Centaur launch, first proof flight
Feb. 11, 1997 -
STS-82 launch, second Hubble servicing mission
Feb. 11, 2000 -
STS-99 SRTM launch
Feb. 11, 2010 -
Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) launch
Feb. 14, 1963 -
Syncom 1 launch, first test of a communication satellite in geosynchronous orbit
Feb. 16, 1965 -
SA-9 launch
Feb. 17, 1959 -
Vanguard 2 launch, first Earth photographs from space
Feb. 17, 1965 -
Ranger 8
launch
Feb. 17, 2007 -
THEMIS launch
Feb. 19, 1976 -
Marisat 1 launch
Feb. 19, 1987 -
GOES 7 launch
Feb. 20, 1962 -
MA-6 launch, John Glenn first American astronaut to orbit the Earth
Feb. 20, 1975 -
Intelsat 4 F-6 launch
Feb. 21, 1961 -
Mercury Atlas 2 launch
Feb. 21, 1981 -
Comstar 4 launch
Feb. 22, 1996 -
STS-75 Launch
Feb. 23, 1992 -
NAVSTAR 2A-03 launch
Feb. 24, 1969 -
Mariner 6 launch, first Mariner launch with Atlas/Centaur launch vehicle
Feb. 24, 2009 -
OCO launch
Feb. 24, 2011 -
STS-133 launch, last launch for space shuttle Discovery
Feb. 25, 1982 -
Westar 4 launch
Feb. 26, 1966 -
Apollo Saturn AS-201 launch
Feb. 26, 1969 -
ESSA 9 launch
Feb. 28, 1966 -
ESSA 2 launch
Feb. 28, 1990 -
STS-36 launch, sixth DOD mission
NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center