Last Updated on 1 January 2024

February events from the history of space flight

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12003 – Space Shuttle Columbia breaks up on re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere
21995 – Eileen Collins becomes the first female Space Shuttle pilot
31966 – Luna 9 becomes the first spacecraft to land on the moon
1984 – Bruce McCandless becomes the first man to take an untethered space walk
1994 – Sergei Krikalev becomes the first Russian cosmonaut to fly on a Space Shuttle
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122001 – U.S. Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft lands on the surface of the asteroid Eros
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142000 – U.S. Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft begins transmitting images of the asteroid Eros
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182021 – Perseverance Rover lands on Mars
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201962 – John Glenn becomes the first American in orbit
1986 – Space Station Mir’s core section launched
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