My collection of Centennial Space Covers is shown below.
Centennial Covers were produced by Edward Hacker (Huntsville, Alabama USA) from the early 1960s right through until the mid-1980s.
1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1989
1962 | Back to Year choices
Project Mercury MA-6 / John Glenn ‘Friendship 7’ Flight – 20th Feb 1962:
Project Mercury MA-7 / Scott Carpenter ‘Aurora 7’ Flight – 24th May 1962:
Mariner 2 – 27th Aug 1962:
Last Day Cancellation / Port Canaveral Post Office – 31st Aug 1962:
Tiros 6 – 18th Sep 1962:
Project Mercury MA-8 / Walter Schirra ‘Sigma 7’ Flight – 3rd Oct 1962:
Ranger 5 Launch – 18th Oct 1962:
Explorer 15 – 28th Oct 1962:
Saturn III Test Flight First Stage – 16th Nov 1962:
Relay Satellite Launch – 14th Dec 1962:
1963 | Back to Year choices
Saturn SA-4 – 28th Mar 1963:
Explorer 17 – 3rd Apr 1963:
Telstar 2 – 7th May 1963:
Project Mercury MA-9 / Gordon Cooper ‘Faith 7’ Flight – 15th May 1963:
Vela 1 / Vela 2 / ERS 12 – 17th Oct 1963:
KH-4 25 – 27th Nov 1963:
Explorer 19 – 19th Dec 1963:
Tiros 8 – 21st Dec 1963:
1964 | Back to Year choices
Relay 2 – 21st Jan 1964:
Echo 2 – 25th Jan 1964:
Saturn SA-5 – 29th Jan 1964:
Ranger 6 Launch – 30th Jan 1964:
Explorer 20 [Failure] – 19th Mar 1964:
Gemini 1 – 8th Apr 1964:
Project Fire 1 – 14th Apr 1964:
Saturn SA-6 – 28th May 1964:
Ranger 7 Launch – 28th Jul 1964:
Syncom 3 – 19th Aug 1964:
OGO 1 – 5th Sep 1964:
Saturn SA-7 – 18th Sep 1964:
IMP 2 – 4th Oct 1964:
Project Asset – 28th Oct 1964:
Mariner 3 – 5th Nov 1964:
Mariner 4 – 28th Nov 1964:
Transtage 2 – 10th Dec 1964:
Explorer 26 – 21st Dec 1964:
1965 | Back to Year choices
Gemini 2 – 19th Jan 1965:
Tiros 9 – 22nd Jan 1965:
OSO 2 – 3rd Feb 1965:
LES 1 – 11th Feb 1965:
Saturn SA-9 / AS-103 / Pegasus 1 Satellite – 16th Feb 1965:
Ranger 8 – 17th Feb 1965:
Gemini 3 Launch – 23rd Mar 1965:
Gemini 3 Recovery – 23rd Mar 1965:
Intelsat 1-1 – 6th Apr 1965:
Beacon Explorer-C – 29th Apr 1965:
Saturn SA-8 / AS-104 / Pegasus 2 Satellite – 25th May 1965:
Gemini 4 Launch – 3rd Jun 1965:
Gemini 4 Splashdown – 7th Jun 1965:
Transtage 5 – 18th Jun 1965:
Triple Satellite Launching – 20th Jul 1965:
Saturn SA-10 Pegasus C – 30th Jul 1965:
Surveyor-SD 2 – 11th Aug 1965:
Gemini 5 – 21st Aug 1965:
Gemini 5 Splashdown – 29th Aug 1965:
OGO 2 – 14th Oct 1965:
LSC 2 / OV2 1 – 15th Oct 1965:
Explorer 29 (Geos A) – 6th Nov 1965:
Gemini 7 Launch – 4th Dec 1965:
Gemini 6 Launch – 15th Dec 1965:
Gemini 6 Splashdown – 16th Dec 1965:
Gemini 7 Splashdown- 18th Dec 1965:
Pioneer 6 Launch – 16th Dec 1965:
LES 3 & 4 / OV2 3 / OSCAR 4 – 21st Dec 1965:
1966 | Back to Year choices
ESSA 1 – 3rd Feb 1966:
ESSA 2 – 28th Feb 1966:
Gemini 8 Launch – 16th Mar 1966:
Gemini 8 Agena Target Launch – 16th Mar 1966:
Gemini 8 Landing- 17th Mar 1966:
OAO 1 – 8th Apr 1966:
Surveyor Model 2 – 8th Apr 1966:
Gemini 9 Agena Target Launch – 17th May 1966:
Explorer 32 – 25th May 1966:
Surveyor 1 Launch – 30th May 1966:
Gemini 9 Augmented Target Docking Adapter / ATDA – 1st Jun 1966:
Gemini 9 / Two Day Launch Delay – 1st Jun 1966:
Gemini 9 Launch – 3rd Jun 1966:
Gemini 9 Walk Around the Moon – 5th Jun 1966:
Gemini 9 Landing – 6th Jun 1966:
OGO 3 Launch – 7th Jun 1966:
Explorer 33 – 1st Jul 1966:
Gemini 10 Agena Target Launch – 18th Jul 1966:
Gemini 10 Launch – 18th Jul 1966:
Lunar Orbiter 1 – 10th Aug 1966:
Pioneer 7 – 17th Aug 1966:
Apollo ‘Saturn 1’ Launch – 25th Aug 1966:
IDCSP 8-14 [Failure] – 26th Aug 1966:
Gemini 11 Launch – 12th Sep 1966:
Gemini 11 Agena Target Launch – 12th Sep 1966:
Gemini 11 Launch – 12th Sep 1966:
Gemini 11 Recovery – 15th Sep 1966:
Intelsat 2-1 (Lani) – 27th Oct 1966:
Project MOL – 3rd Nov 1966:
Lunar Orbiter 2 – 7th Nov 1966:
Gemini 12 Launch – 11th Nov 1966:
Gemini 12 Agena Target Vehicle Rendezvous – 11th Nov 1966:
Gemini 12 Recovery – 15th Nov 1966:
ATS 1 – 7th Dec 1966:
Biosatellite 1 Launch – 14th Dec 1966:
1967 | Back to Year choices
Intelsat 2-2 (Lani Bird 2) – 11th Jan 1967:
IDCSP 8-15 [Failure] – 18th Jan 1967:
Six Niki-Tomahawk Rockets – 24th Jan 1967:
Apollo 1 Fire Tragedy – 28th Jan 1967:
Intelsat 2-3 (Canary Bird) – 23rd Mar 1967:
TEB Tests – 31st Mar 1967:
Surveyor 3 – 17th Apr 1967:
ESSA 5 – 20th Apr 1967:
Multiple Scientific Satellite Launch (Vela 7/8, ORS 4, OV5 1/3) – 28th Apr 1967:
Ariel 3 – 5th May 1967:
IMP F / Explorer 34 – 24th May 1967:
ESRO 2A – 29th May 1967:
Mariner 5 – 14th Jun 1967:
IDCSP 16-19 / LES 5 / DODGE – 1st Jul 1967:
Surveyor 4 – 14th Jul 1967:
POGO 2 – 28th Jul 1967:
Lunar Orbiter 5 – 1st Aug 1967:
Surveyor 5 – 8th Sep 1967:
Biosatellite 2 Launch – 8th Sep 1967:
Intelsat II F-4 – 28th Sep 1967:
OSO 4 – 18th Oct 1967:
ATS 3 – 6th Nov 1967:
Surveyor 6 Launch – 7th Nov 1967:
Apollo 4 Launch – 9th Nov 1967:
Surveyor 6 Lands on the Moon – 9th Nov 1967:
Pioneer 8 – 13th Dec 1967:
1968 | Back to Year choices
Surveyor 7 – 7th Jan 1968:
Surveyor 7 Landed on the Moon – 9th Jan 1968:
GEOS 2 – 11th Jan 1968:
Apollo 5 Launch – 22nd Jan 1968:
10th Anniversary Explorer 1 – 31st Jan 1968:
OGO 5 – 4th Mar 1968:
Explorer 37 – 5th Mar 1968:
Project Apollo AS-502 – 4th Apr 1968:
ESRO 1 – 16th May 1968:
IDCSP / DSCS 1 / NATO 1 – 13th Jun 1968:
Explorer 38 – 4th Jul 1968:
Canyon 1 Satellite Launch – 6th Aug 1968:
ATS 4 – 11th Aug 1968:
12 Satellite Cluster Launch (Failure) – 16th Aug 1968:
Minuteman-3 Missile Launch – 16th Aug 1968:
ESSA 7 Weather Satellite Launch – 16th Aug 1968:
Lincoln Experimental Satellite – 18th Sep 1968:
Atlantic 3 – 26th Sep 1968:
Apollo 7 Launch – 11th Oct 1968:
Walter M. Schirra Jr – 11th Oct 1968:
Apollo 7 Landing – 22nd Oct 1968:
Pioneer 9 Launch – 8th Nov 1968:
OAO 2 – 7th Dec 1968:
Intelsat III F-2 – 19th Dec 1968:
Apollo 8 Launch – 21st Dec 1968:
Apollo 8 Moon Orbit – 24th Dec 1968:
Apollo 8 Recovery – 27th Dec 1968:
1969 | Back to Year choices
OSO 5 – 22nd Jan 1969:
ISIS 1 – 29th Jan 1969:
TACSAT 1 – 6th Feb 1969:
Taccomsat 1 Satellite Launch – 9th Feb 1969: – 9th Feb 1969:
Mariner 6 Launch – 25th Feb 1969:
ESSA 9 Weather Satellite Launch – 26th Feb 1969:
Apollo 9 Launch – 3rd Mar 1969:
Apollo 9 First Apollo Spacewalk – 6th Mar 1969:
Apollo 9 Test of Lunar Excursion Module – 7th Mar 1969:
Apollo 9 Splashdown & Recovery – 13th Mar 1969:
Mariner 7 Launch – 27th Mar 1969:
Nimbus B2 – 13th Apr 1969:
Apollo 10 Launch – 18th May 1969:
Intelsat III F-4 – 22nd May 1969:
Apollo 10 Lunar Module – 22nd May 1969:
Vela 9/10, OV5 5/6/9 – 23rd May 1969:
Apollo 10 Recovery – 26th May 1969:
OGO 6 – 5th Jun 1969:
IMP-G – 21st Jun 1969:
Biosatellite 3 Launch – 29th Jun 1969:
Apollo 11 Launch – 16th Jul 1969:
Apollo 11 Moon Landing – 20th Jul 1969:
Apollo 11 Moon Liftoff – 21st Jul 1969:
Apollo 11 Lunar Module Docks with Command Module – 21st Jul 1969:
Apollo 11 Recovery – 24th Jul 1969:
Intelsat III F5 – 26th Jul 1969:
Mariner 6 / Mars Fly By – 29th Jul 1969:
Mariner 7 / Mars Fly By – 5th Aug 1969:
OSO 6 – 9th Aug 1969:
ATS 5 – 12th Aug 1969:
Pioneer 10 Launch – 28th Aug 1969:
Welcome Home Neil Armstrong – 6th Sep 1969:
First Day Cover (First Man on the Moon stamp) – 9th Sep 1969:
Armstrong/Aldrin/Collins Appear Before US Congress – 16th Sep 1969:
ESRO 1-B – 1st Oct 1969:
GRS-A – 7th Nov 1969:
Apollo 12 Launch – 14th Nov 1969:
Apollo 12 Moon Landing- 19th Nov 1969:
Apollo 12 Moon-Walk – 19th Nov 1969:
Apollo 12 Walk to Surveyor – 20th Nov 1969:
Apollo 12 Splashdown & Recovery – 24th Nov 1969:
British Skynet – 22nd Nov 1969:
Apollo 12 Splashdown – 24th Nov 1969:
1970 | Back to Year choices
Intelsat III F6 – 15th Jan 1970:
SERT 2 – 3rd Feb 1970:
Solar Eclipse Rocket – 7th Mar 1970:
NATO 1 – 21st Mar 1970:
Nimbus 4 – 8th Apr 1970:
Vela 11 & 12 – 8th Apr 1970:
Apollo 13 Launch – 11th Apr 1970:
Apollo 13 Trouble – 13th Apr 1970:
Apollo 13 Moon Loop- 14th Apr 1970:
Apollo 13 Recovery – 17th Apr 1970:
Intelsat III F-7 – 22nd Apr 1970:
Rhyolite 1 / Aquacade 1 – 19th Jun 1970:
Intelsat-3 8 – 24th Jul 1970:
Poseidon First Underwater Launch – 3rd Aug 1970:
British Skynet 2 – 19th Aug 1970:
Project Ram – 30th Sep 1970:
Mars Chute Test – 9th Oct 1970:
USAF Secret Satellite / DSP 1 – 6th Nov 1970:
Orbiting Frog Otolith – 9th Nov 1970:
Apollo 14 Rollout – 9th Nov 1970:
OAO 3 – 30th Nov 1970:
NOAA 1 / ITOS A (Improved Tiros) – 11th Dec 1970:
1971 | Back to Year choices
Intelsat-4 2 – 26th Jan 1971:
NATO B Communications Satellite – 3rd Feb 1971:
Apollo 14 Moon Landing – 5th Feb 1971:
Apollo 14 Moon Walk – 5th Feb 1971:
Apollo 14 Recovery – 9th Feb 1971:
Explorer 43 – 13th Mar 1971:
ISIS B – 31st Mar 1971:
DSP 2 Secret Spy Satellite – 5th May 1971:
Mariner 8 Launch (Failure) – 8th May 1971:
Apollo 15 Rollout – 11th May 1971:
Mariner 9 – 30th May 1971:
SOLRAD 10 (C) – 9th Jul 1971:
Apollo 15 Launch – 26th Jul 1971:
Apollo 15 Moon Landing – 30th Jul 1971:
Apollo 15 Lunar Rover – 31st Jul 1971:
Decade of Achievement – 2nd Aug 1971:
Apollo 15 Satellite Launch – 4th Aug 1971:
Apollo 15 Space Walk – 4th Aug 1971:
Apollo 15 Splashdown & Recovery – 7th Aug 1971:
EOLE 1 – 16th Aug 1971:
Stratoscope II – 10th Sep 1971:
Joint USA/Germany Barium Ion Cloud Experiment – 21st Sep 1971:
OSO 7 – 29th Sep 1971:
ITOS B – 21st Oct 1971:
Two Military Communication Satellites / DSCS-2 1 & DSCS-2 2 – 3rd Nov 1971:
Mariner 9 Orbiting Mars – 13th Nov 1971:
Canyon 4 Satellite Launch [Failure] – 5/6th Dec 1971:
Ariel 4 (UK 4) – 11th Dec 1971:
Intelsat-4 3 – 20th Dec 1971:
1972 | Back to Year choices
Intelsat 4 – 23rd Jan 1972:
HEOS 2 – 31st Jan 1972:
Secret Satellite Launch / Jumpseat 2 – 16th Feb 1972:
DSP 3 – 1st Mar 1972:
Pioneer 10 – 2nd Mar 1972:
TD 1A – 11th Mar 1972:
International Sounding Rockets – 20th Mar 1972:
Secret Satellite DSAP-5B F2 – 24th Mar 1972:
Apollo 16 Launch – 16th Apr 1972:
Apollo 16 Moon Landing Delay – 20th Apr 1972:
Apollo 16 Moon Landing – 20th Apr 1972:
Apollo 16 Moon Space Walk – 25th Apr 1972:
Apollo 16 Spashdown & Recovery – 27th Apr 1972:
Secret Satellite KH-8 35 – 20th May 1972:
Secret Satellite KH-4B 17 – 25th May 1972:
Intelsat-4 5 – 13th Jun 1972:
Hexagon 3 / Ursala 1 – 7th Jul 1972:
Skylab Medical Experiments Altitude Test – 26th Jul 1972:
OAO 3 / Copernicus – 21st Aug 1972:
KH-8 36 – 1st Sep 1972:
Explorer 47 / IMP 9 – 25th Sep 1972:
ITOS D – 15th Oct 1972:
ANIK 1 – 9th Nov 1972:
ANIK 1 – 10th Nov 1972:
ESRO 4 – 21st Nov 1972:
Apollo 17 First Day Slogan Cancellation – 6th Dec 1972:
Apollo 17 Launch – 7th Dec 1972:
Nimbus 5 – 10th Dec 1972:
Apollo 17 Moon Landing – 11th Dec 1972:
Apollo 17 First EVA – 11th Dec 1972:
Apollo 17 Lunar Liftoff – 14th Dec 1972:
AEROS Satellite – 16th Dec 1972:
Apollo 17 Spacewalk – 17th Dec 1972:
Apollo 17 Recovery – 19th Dec 1972:
1973 | Back to Year choices
Skylab Preliminary Rollout – 9th Jan 1973:
Skylab Space Walk Practice – 24th Jan 1973:
Skylab 2 Rollout- 26th Feb 1973:
Secret Satellites Rhyolite 2 / Aquacade 2 – 6th Mar 1973:
Pioneer 11 Launch – 5th Apr 1973:
Skylab / Saturn 5 Rollout – 16th Apr 1973:
Skylab Launch – 14th May 1973:
(One cover is thermographic, one cover is printed):
10th Anniversary / Project Mercury MA-9 – 15th May 1973:
Skylab Astronauts Training – 17th May 1973:
Skylab First Crewed Mission Launch – 25th May 1973:
Astronauts Enter Skylab Space Station – 26th May 1973:
Skylab Conrad & Kerwin Spacewalk – 7th Jun 1973:
Explorer 49 – 10th Jun 1973:
Skylab III Rollout – 11th Jun 1973:
Skylab Astronauts Practice in Neutral Bouyancy Tank – 22nd Jun 1973:
(One cover is thermographic, one cover is printed)
Skylab Recovery – 22nd Jun 1973:
Skylab Second Manned Launch – 28th Jul 1973:
Skylab Second Crew Docking – 28th Jul 1973:
Skylab Second Crew Spacewalk – 6th Aug 1973:
Skylab SL-4 Rollout – 14th Aug 1973:
Intelsat IV F-7 – 24th Aug 1973:
Skylab Astronauts Return – 25th Sep 1973:
Mariner 10 Launch – 3rd Nov 1973:
Skylab 3rd Manned Launch – 16th Nov 1973:
Skylab Rendezvous and Docking – 16th Nov 1973:
Skylab Emergency Rollout – 3rd Dec 1973:
Pioneer 10 Jupiter Fly-By – 3rd Dec 1973:
Explorer 51 – 15th Dec 1973:
Skylab Christmas Space Walk – 25th Dec 1973:
1974 | Back to Year choices
Skylab 3 Splashdown – 8th Feb 1974:
SPHINX / Viking-DS (Failure) – 11th Feb 1974:
Skylab 4 Emergency Rocket Rollback – 14th Feb 1974:
United Kingdom Experimental Spacecraft – 8th Mar 1974:
Mariner 10 Fly-By Mercury – 29th Mar 1974:
Space Shuttle Port Ground Breaking – 1st Apr 1974:
WESTAR 1 – 13th Apr 1974:
Skylab / First Day of Issue – 14th May 1974:
ATS 6 – 30th May 1974:
Explorer 52 / Hawkeye – 3rd Jun 1974:
Aeros B – 16th Jul 1974:
KH-9 9 / Raquel 1 / S3 1 – 30th Aug 1974:
WESTAR 2 – 11th Oct 1974:
Triple Launch / ITOS G / INTASAT / OSCAR 7 – 15th Nov 1974:
Intelsat IV F8 – 21st/22nd Nov 1974:
British Skynet 2 Placed Into Orbit – 22nd Nov 1974:
Pioneer 11 Passes Within 26600 Miles of Jupiter – 3rd Dec 1974:
Helios A – 10th Dec 1974:
Symphonie 1 – 18th Dec 1974:
1975 | Back to Year choices
ERTS-B – 22nd Jan 1975:
SMS 2 Satellite Launch – 6th Feb 1975:
Apollo-Soyuz Cosmonauts Leonov & Kubsov Visit KSC – 10th Feb 1975:
Apollo-Soyuz Cosmonauts Arrive for Training – 11th Feb 1975:
Intelsat IV F6 [FAILURE] – 20th Feb 1975 / 21st Feb 1975:
Pioneer / First Day of Issue – 28th Feb 1975:
Mariner 10 / 3rd Fly-by Mercury – 16th Mar 1975:
Apollo-Soyuz / Saturn 1-B Rolled Out to Launch Pad 39B – 24th Mar 1975:
Mariner 10 / First Day of Issue – 4th Apr 1975:
GEOS C – 9th Apr 1975:
Atmospheric Explorer D – 6th May 1975:
ANIK 3 – 7th May 1975:
DSCS-2 5 / DSCS-2 6 [FAILURE] – 20th May 1975:
Intelsat IV-1 – 22nd May 1975 / 23rd May 1975:
Nimbus 6 – 12th Jun 1975:
Canyon 6 – 18th Jun 1975:
OSO 8 – 21st Jun 1975:
(One cover is thermographic, one cover is printed)
Apollo-Soyuz Countdown Demonstration Test – 3rd Jul 1975:
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Launch – 15th Jul 1975:
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Splashdown – 24th Jul 1975:
European Cosmic Ray Satellite – 8th Aug 1975:
Viking 1 Launch – 20th/21st Aug 1975:
Symphonie B – 26th Aug 1975:
Viking 2 Launch – 9th Sep 1975:
Intelsat IV-A – 25th Sep 1975:
GOES 1 – 16th Oct 1975:
Explorer 55 – 19th Nov 1975:
Secret Satellite KH-9 11 – 5th Dec 1975:
1976 | Back to Year choices
Helios B – 15th Jan 1976:
CTS Satellite – 19th Jan 1976:
Intelsat IVA F2 – 29th Jan 1976:
Marisat A – 19th Feb 1976:
SOLRAD – 14th Mar 1976:
RCA Satcom B – 26th Mar 1976:
NATO 3A – 22nd Apr 1976:
LAGEOS – 4th May 1976:
Comstar D1 – 13th May 1976:
NASA Space Shuttle Port / First Landing on KSC’s Shuttle Runway – 21st May 1976:
Opening Day Bicentennial Expo on Science & Technology – 30th May 1976:
Marisat B – 9th Jun 1976:
Viking 1 Orbiting Mars – 19th Jun 1976:
Palapa A – 8th Jul 1976:
ITOS H – 29th Jul 1976:
Viking 2 Enters Mars Orbit – 7th Aug 1976:
Viking 2 Lands on Mars – 3rd Sep 1976:
First Shuttle Orbiter ‘Enterprise’ Rollout – 17th Sep 1976:
International Space Hall of Fame Dedication – 5th Oct 1976:
Marisat 3 – 14th Oct 1976:
1977 | Back to Year choices
NATO 3B – 27th Jan 1977:
Space Shuttle OV-101 – 31st Jan 1977:
Space Shuttle OV-101 Mounted on 747 – 8th Feb 1977:
Space Shuttle OV-101 Taxi Tests – 15th Feb 1977:
Space Shuttle OV-101 First Unmanned Captive Flight – 18th Feb 1977:
Space Shuttle OV-101 Second Unmanned Captive Flight – 22nd Feb 1977:
Space Shuttle OV-101 Third Unmanned Captive Flight – 25th Feb 1977:
KSC Pictorial Cancel – 1st Mar 1977:
Palapa 2 Satellite – 10th Mar 1977:
ESRO GEOS – 20th Apr 1977:
Secret Satellites DSCS-2 7/8 – 12th May 1977:
Intelsat IV A-C Satellite – 26th May 1977:
In Memory of Wernher von Braun – 16th Jun 1977:
Space Shuttle / First Manned Captive Flight – 18th Jun 1977:
Space Shuttle / Second Manned Captive Flight – 28th Jun 1977:
Last Day of Shuttle Pictorial Cancel – 30th Jun 1977:
First Day of Space Shuttle Pictorial Cancel – 1st Jul 1977:
Huntsville AL Pictorial Cancel – 5th Jul 1977:
GMS 1 – 14th Jul 1977:
Space Shuttle / First Static Firing of Solid Rocket Booster – 18th Jul 1977:
Space Shuttle OV-101 Third Manned Captive Flight – 26th Jul 1977:
Space Shuttle Enterprise / First Manned Free Flight – 12th Aug 1977:
Voyager 2 / Titan Centaur Rocket – 13th Aug 1977:
Voyager 2 Launch – 20th Aug 1977:
(One cover is thermographic, one cover is printed)
Sirio – 25th Aug 1977:
Voyager 1 Mated to Titan Centaur-6 Rocket – 31st Aug 1977:
Voyager 1 – 5th Sep 1977:
Space Shuttle First External Tank Rolled Out – 9th Sep 1977:
Experimental Satellite (OTS 1?) – 13th Sep 1977:
OTS 1 – 13th Sep 1977:
2nd Manned Test Flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise – 13th Sep 1977:
Intelsat IVA F-5 – 29th Sep 1977:
Space Shuttle Manned Free Flight / 4th Flight of Enterprise – 12th Oct 1977:
ISEE 1/2 – 22nd Oct 1977:
Space Shuttle Manned Free Flight / 5th Flight of Enterprise – 26th Oct 1977:
Meteosat – 22nd Nov 1977:
Secret Satellite Aquacade 3 – 11th/12th Dec 1977:
Japan CS (First Japanese Communication Satellite) – 14th Dec 1977:
1978 | Back to Year choices
Intelsat IVA F3 – 6th Jan 1978:
IUE / Explorer 57 – 26th Jan 1978:
FLTSATCOM 1 – 9th Feb 1978:
Landsat C – 5th Mar 1978:
NASA 747 / OV 101 Ferry Flight – 10th Mar 1978:
NASA 747 / OV 101 Ferry Flight – 13th Mar 1978:
Pioneer Venus-A Spacecraft Delivered to Cape Canaveral – 15th Mar 1978:
Secret Satellites DSCS-2 9/10 – 25th Mar 1978:
Orbiter Landing Facility – 30th Mar 1978:
Intelsat IVA F6 – 31st Mar 1978:
Space Shuttle External Tank – 19th Apr 1978:
Space Shuttle First Propulsion Test – 21st Apr 1978:
Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 Raised into Dynamic Test Stand – 23rd Apr 1978:
Heat Capacity Mapping Mission (HCMM) – 26th Apr 1978:
OTS B – 11th May 1978:
Pioneer Venus-A Launch – 20th May 1978:
Shuttle Orbiter Vibration Test – 30th May 1978:
GOES 3 – 16th Jun 1978:
Seasat A – 26th Jun 1978:
COMSTAR D3 – 29th Jun 1978:
GEOS 2 – 14th Jul 1978:
Viking FDC – 20th Jul 1978:
Pioneer Venus Multiprobe – 8th Aug 1978:
ISEE C – 12th Aug 1978:
President Carter Presents Congressional Space Medal of Honor to Astronauts – 1st Oct 1978:
Space Shuttle All Elements Mated – 6th Oct 1978:
TIROS N – 13th Oct 1978:
Space Shuttle Vibration Test Second Phase – 20th Oct 1978:
HEAO 2 – 13th Nov 1978:
Pioneer-Venus Enters Orbit Around Venus – 4th Dec 1978:
Pioneer Venus Probe Passes by Venus – 9th Dec 1978:
TELESAT ANIK B – 15th Dec 1978:
1979 | Back to Year choices
Space Shuttle Vibration Test 3rd Phase – 30th Jan 1979:
Voyager 1 Closest Approach to Jupiter – 5th Mar 1979:
Space Shuttle Columbia Arrives at KSC – 24th Mar 1979:
Space Shuttle Enterprise Flight from MSFC to KSC – 10th Apr 1979:
Space Shuttle Pathfinder Test – 1st May 1979:
Voyager 2 Closest Approach to Jupiter – 9th Jul 1979:
Space Shuttle Columbia First Main Engine Arrives at KSC – 10th Jul 1979:
Skylab Re-Entry – 11th Jul 1979:
Space Shuttle Columbia Last Main Engine Arrives at KSC – 31st Jul 1979:
Space Shuttle Enterprise Departs KSC for Edwards AFB CA – 10th Aug 1979:
HEAO 3 Launch – 20th Sep 1979:
Space Shuttle Columbia Hot Fire Tests – 1st Nov 1979:
Space Shuttle Engines First Successful Full-Duration Test – 17th Dec 1979:
1980 | Back to Year choices
FLTSATCOM 4 – 30th Oct 1980:
Voyager 1 Closest Approach to Saturn – 12th Nov 1980:
SBS-A Launch – 15th Nov 1980:
Space Shuttle Columbia Roll-Over From Orbiter Processing Facility to VAB – 24th Nov 1980:
Intelsat V – 6th Dec 1980:
NASA Divers Practise Rescue Missions on Mock Shuttle – 15th Dec 1980:
Space Shuttle Columbia Rollout – 29th Dec 1980:
1981 | Back to Year choices
Simulated Retrieval Operations by the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster Recovery Ships Liberty & Freedom – 19th Feb 1981:
Space Shuttle Columbia Flight Readiness Firing – 20th Feb 1981:
COMSTAR D4 – 21st Feb 1981:
Space Shuttle Columbia Final Flight Rehearsal – 19th Mar 1981 [appears to be a GOES 5 launch cachet underneath ?]:
Space Shuttle STS-1 Launch Scrubbed – 10th Apr 1981:
Space Shuttle STS-1 Launch – 12th Apr 1981:
Space Shuttle STS-1 Solid Rocket Boosters Recovered in the Atlantic – 12th Apr 1981:
Space Shuttle STS-1 Solid Rocket Boosters Towed into Port Canaveral FL – 13th Apr 1981:
Space Shuttle STS-1 Return to Earth – 14th Apr 1981:
Space Shuttle Columbia Mounted on 747 Carrier – 27th Apr 1981:
Space Shuttle Columbia Returns to KSC from Edwards AFB – 28th Apr 1981:
United States Space Achievements – 21st May 1981:
GOES 5 – 22nd May 1981:
FLTSATCOM 5 – 6th Aug 1981:
Voyager 2 Closest Approach to Saturn – 25th Aug 1981:
Space Shuttle STS-2 Rollout to Launch Pad 39 – 31st Aug 1981:
SBS-B Launch – 24th Sep 1981:
Space Shuttle STS-2 Final Countdown Begins – 31st Oct 1981:
Space Shuttle STS-2 Launch – 12th Nov 1981:
Space Shuttle STS-2 First Test of the Remote Manipulator – 12th Nov 1981:
Space Shuttle STS-2 Solid Rocket Boosters Seperate – 13th Nov 1981:
Space Shuttle STS-2 Returns to Earth – 14th Nov 1981:
RCA D Satcom 3R – 19th Nov 1981:
Space Shuttle Leaves Edwards AFB – 24th Nov 1981:
Space Shuttle Arrives at KSC – 25th Nov 1981:
Intelsat V-3 – 15th Dec 1981:
1982 | Back to Year choices
RCA E Satcom 4 – 15th Jan 1982:
Space Shuttle STS-3 Rollout – 16th Feb 1982:
WESTAR IV – 25th Feb 1982:
Intelsat V-D Launch – 4th Mar 1982:
Space Shuttle STS-3 Final Countdown Begins – 18th Mar 1982:
Space Shuttle STS-3 Launch – 22nd Mar 1982:
Space Shuttle STS-3 Landing Diverted to WSMR NM / Bad Weather at Edwards AFB CA – 30th Mar 1982:
INSAT 1 – 10th Apr 1982:
Space Shuttle STS-4 Rollout to Launch Pad 39 – 26th May 1982:
Space Shuttle STS-4 Military Payload DOD 82-1 Loaded into Cargo Bay – 4th Jun 1982:
Space Shuttle STS-4 Launch – 27th Jun 1982:
Space Shuttle STS-4 Landing – 4th Jul 1982:
Space Shuttle Challenger Arrives at KSC to Join Fleet – 5th/6th Jul 1982:
Space Shuttle Columbia Returns to KSC After STS-4 Mission – 15th Jul 1982:
ANIK D1 Launch – 26th Aug 1982:
Space Shuttle STS-5 Rollout to Launch Pad 39A – 21st Sep 1982:
Intelsat V F-5 – 28th Sep 1982:
Space Shuttle SBS 3 & ANIK C1 Aboard Columbia – 18th Oct 1982:
RCA Satcom 5 – 27th Oct 1982:
Space Shuttle STS-5 Final Countdown Begins – 7th Nov 1982:
Space Shuttle STS-5 Launch – 11th Nov 1982:
Space Shuttle STS-5 / SBS 3 Launched from Shuttle – 11th Nov 1982:
Space Shuttle STS-5 / ANIK C1 Launched from Shuttle – 12th Nov 1982:
Space Shuttle STS-5 Spacewalk Canceled – 15th Nov 1982:
Space Shuttle STS-5 Landing – 16th Nov 1982:
Space Shuttle STS-5 Ferrying – 22nd Nov 1982:
Space Shuttle STS-6 Rollout to Launch Pad 39A – 30th Nov 1982:
Space Shuttle STS-6 Flight Readiness Firing – 18th Dec 1982:
1983 | Back to Year choices
Space Shuttle STS-6 Countdown Simulation – 11th Jan 1983:
Space Shuttle STS-6 Launch – 4th Apr 1983:
Space Shuttle STS-6 Spacewalk – 7th Apr 1983:
Space Shuttle STS-6 Landing – 9th Apr 1983:
Space Shuttle STS-7 Launch – 18th Jun 1983:
Space Shuttle STS-7 / ANIK C2 Launched from Shuttle – 18th Jun 1983:
Space Shuttle STS-7 / Palapa B1 Launched from Shuttle – 19th Jun 1983:
Space Shuttle STS-7 Landing Diverted from KSC to Edwards AFB CA – 24th Jun 1983:
Satcom 1R Placed Into Orbit – 28th Jun 1983:
Space Shuttle STS-8 Launch – 30th Aug 1983:
Space Shuttle STS-8 Landing – 5th Sep 1983:
Galaxy B Satellite Launch – 22nd Sep 1983:
Space Shuttle STS-9 Rollout to Launch Pad 39 – 28th Sep 1983:
Space Shuttle STS-9 Launch Delayed – 17th Oct 1983:
Space Shuttle STS-9 Second Rollout – 8th Nov 1983:
Space Shuttle STS-9 Launch – 28th Nov 1983:
Space Shuttle STS-9 / Spacelab Activated Aboard Space Shuttle Columbia – 28th Nov 1983:
Space Shuttle STS-9 Landing at Edwards AFB CA – 8th Dec 1983:
1984 | Back to Year choices
Space Shuttle STS-41-B / First Humans to Fly Free in Space Using the Manned Maneuvering Unit – 2nd Feb 1984:
Space Shuttle STS-41-B / WESTAR 6 Launched from Shuttle – 3rd Feb 1984:
Space Shuttle STS-41-B / Palapa B2 Launched from Shuttle – 6th Feb 1984:
Space Shuttle STS-41-C Launch – 6th Apr 1984:
Space Shuttle STS-41-C / Failed to Retrieve Malfunctioning Solar Max Satellite – 8th Apr 1984:
Space Shuttle STS-41-C / Astronauts Retrieve Malfunctioning Solar Max Satellite – 10th Apr 1984:
Space Shuttle STS-41-C Landing – 13th Apr 1984:
Space Shuttle STS-41-D Rollout to Launch Pad 39 – 19th May 1984:
Space Shuttle STS-41-D First Flight Readiness Firing – 2nd Jun 1984:
Intelsat V-F9 – 9th Jun 1984:
Space Shuttle STS-41-D Second Rollout – 9th Aug 1984:
CCE (Explorer 65) / IRM / UKS – 16th Aug 1984:
Space Shuttle STS-41-D Launch – 30th Aug 1984:
Space Shuttle STS-41-D / SBS D Launched from Shuttle – 30th Aug 1984:
Space Shuttle STS-41-D / Syncom IV-2 Launched from Shuttle – 31st Aug 1984:
Space Shuttle STS-41-D / Telstar 3-C Launched from Shuttle – 1st Sep 1984:
Space Shuttle STS-41-D Landing – 5th Sep 1984:
Space Shuttle STS-41-G Rollout – 21st Sep 1984:
Space Shuttle STS-41-G Launch – 5th Oct 1984:
Space Shuttle STS-41-G / Earth Radiation Budget Satellite Deployed – 5th Oct 1984:
Space Shuttle STS-41-G / Astronaut Kathy Sullivan First American Woman to Walk in Space – 11th Oct 1984:
Space Shuttle STS-41-G Landing at KSC – 13th Oct 1984:
Space Shuttle STS-51-A Launch – 8th Nov 1984:
Space Shuttle STS-51-A / ANIK D2 (Telesat H) Launched from Shuttle – 9th Nov 1984:
Space Shuttle STS-51-A / Syncom IV-1 (Leasat 1) Launched from Shuttle – 10th Nov 1984:
Space Shuttle STS-51-A / Astronauts Retrieve Wayward Palapa B2 Satellite – 12th Nov 1984:
NATO 3D Satellite Launched – 13th Nov 1984:
Space Shuttle STS-51-A / Astronauts Retrieve Wayward WESTAR 6 Satellite – 14th Nov 1984:
Space Shuttle STS-51-A Landing at KSC – 16th Nov 1984:
1985 | Back to Year choices
Space Shuttle STS-51-C Launch – 24th Jan 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-51-C Deploys Military Satellite – 25th Jan 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-51-C Landing – 27th Jan 1985:
Intelsat V-A – 22nd Mar 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-51-D Launch – 12th Apr 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-51-D / ANIK C1 (Telesat I) Deployed – 12th Apr 1985:
Space Shuttle Atlantis Leaves CA to Join the Fleet – 12th Apr 1985:
Space Shuttle Atlantis Arrives in FL to Join the Fleet – 13th Apr 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-51-D / Leasat 3 (Syncom IV-3) Deployed – 13th Apr 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-51-D Landing – 19th Apr 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-51-B Launch – 29th Apr 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-51-B / Spacelab 3 Activated Aboard the Space Shuttle – 29th Apr 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-51-B Landing – 6th May 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-51-G Launch – 17th Jun 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-51-G / MORELOS-A Placed Into Orbit from the Shuttle – 17th Jun 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-51-G / Arabsat-A Placed Into Orbit from the Shuttle – 18th Jun 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-51-G / Telstar 3D Placed Into Orbit from the Shuttle – 19th Jun 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-51-G Landing – 24th Jun 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-51-F Launch – 29th Jul 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-51-F Payload Specialists – 29th Jul 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-51-F Landing – 6th Aug 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-51-I Launch – 27th Aug 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-51-I / Aussat Satellite Deployed – 27th Aug 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-51-I / ASC-1 Satellite Deployed – 27th Aug 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-51-I / Syncom IV-4 Satellite Deployed – 29th Aug 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-51-J Rollout – 30th Aug 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-51-I EVA – 31st Aug 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-51-I Landing – 3rd Sep 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-51-J Final Test – 12th Sep 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-51-J Landing – 7th Oct 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-61-A Launch – 30th Oct 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-61-A Launch – 30th Oct 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-61-A Landing – 6th Nov 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-61-B Launch – 26th Nov 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-61-B / Morelos B Satellite – 27th Nov 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-61-B / Aussat 2 Satellite – 27th Nov 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-61-B / Satcom KU 2 Satellite – 28th Nov 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-61-B EVA Ease-Access Experiments – 1st Dec 1985:
Space Shuttle STS-61-B Landing – 3rd Dec 1985:
1986 | Back to Year choices
Space Shuttle STS-61-C Launch – 12th Jan 1986:
Space Shuttle STS-61-C / Satcom K1 Released Into Orbit from Shuttle – 12th Jan 1986:
Space Shuttle STS-61-C Landing – 18th Jan 1986:
Space Shuttle STS-51-L Challenger Launch – 28th Jan 1986:
Space Shuttle STS-51-L Challenger Disaster / Rest in Peace – 28th Jan 1986:
Space Shuttle STS-51-L Challenger Memorial – 31st Jan 1986:
1989 | Back to Year choices
20th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing – 20th Jul 1989:
