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Space history on October 1
17 events
NASA begins operations
Category: Organizations and PeopleType: Organisation founded
NASA opened as the United States’ civilian aeronautics and space agency.
- NASA — Solar science timeline (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary; source attribution retained.
ESRO 1B — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: ESRO 1B
Scout B launched on the ESRO 1B flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC5. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
Kosmos-366 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-366
Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-366 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
Kosmos-774 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-774
Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-774 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
Kosmos-1313 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-1313
Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1313 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
Kosmos-1888 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-1888
Proton-K/DM-2 launched on the Kosmos-1888 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
Kosmos-2101 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-2101
Soyuz-U2 launched on the Kosmos-2101 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
GE-1A — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: GE-1A
Proton-K/DM-2M (DM3) launched on the GE-1A flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/23. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency — formal establishment
Category: Organizations and PeopleType: Organisation founded
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency — formal establishment (2003-10-01).
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency: institutional history (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary based on Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency: institutional history. Original source retains its rights.
Soyuz TMA-7 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Soyuz TMA-7
Soyuz-FG launched on the Soyuz TMA-7 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
Soyuz TMA-7 — private and commercial crew participation
Category: Human Spaceflight ActivitiesType: Private astronaut or space tourist flight
Mission: Soyuz TMA-7 · Programme: Orbital commercial
Role: Space touristStation: International Space Station
1 participants; see description and linked people.
- Commercial Soyuz participants (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary based on Commercial Soyuz participants. Original source retains its rights.
Amazonas 2/COMSATBw1 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Amazonas 2/COMSATBw1
Ariane 5ECA launched on the Amazonas 2/COMSATBw1 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
Chang'e-2 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Chang'e-2
Chang'e 2 is a Chinese uncrewed lunar probe that was launched on 1 October 2010.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
- Wikipedia — Chang’e 2 (opens in a new tab) — Adapted from Wikipedia contributors; selected sentences retained and edited for length, reference markers and pronunciation glosses. CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Article and edit history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang%27e_2
- Timeline of Space Exploration Missions 1957 to 2031 (opens in a new tab)
- NASA — Chang’e 2 (opens in a new tab)
- NASA NSSDCA — Chang’e 2 (opens in a new tab)
Progress M-29M — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Progress M-29M
Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Progress M-29M flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
New Horizons reaches 60 astronomical units
New Horizons passed a heliocentric distance 60 times Earth’s average distance from the Sun.
- NASA — New Horizons (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary; source attribution retained.
Dragon Crew-13 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Dragon Crew-13
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Dragon Crew-13 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
Transporter-18 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Transporter-18
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Transporter-18 flight from South Base, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, pad SLC4E. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.