Historical eventNovember 31994

Space Shuttle program

Space Shuttle program: Atlantis launches on STS-66.

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When
Thursday, November 3 199432 years ago
Category
Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Era
20th century · 1990s
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Dates: From 1994.

What happened

The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011. Its official program name was carried over from the 1969 plan for the Space Transportation System (STS) of reusable spacecraft. Only the shuttle and supporting rockets were funded for development; a proposed nuclear lunar shuttle in the plan was canceled in 1972.

November 3 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 19821982 Salang Tunnel fire
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  3. 1986Iran–Contra affair
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  6. 1994Space Shuttle program
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  8. 1997Economic sanctions
  9. 20022002 Marib airstrike
  10. 2014One World Trade Center
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Also in 1994

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  • September 14Major League BaseballThe rest of the Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike.
  • September 161988–1994 British broadcasting voice restrictionsThe British government lifts the broadcasting ban imposed against members of Sinn Féin and Irish paramilitary groups in 1988.
  • June 141994 Vancouver Stanley Cup riotThe 1994 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot occurs after the New York Rangers defeat the Vancouver Canucks to win the Stanley Cup, causing an est…
  • January 3Baikal Airlines Flight 130Baikal Airlines Flight 130 crashes near Mamoney, Irkutsk, Russia, resulting in 125 deaths.
  • August 14Carlos the JackalIlich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as "Carlos the Jackal", is captured.
  • July 5Jeff BezosJeff Bezos founds Amazon.

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When did Space Shuttle program happen?

November 3 1994 — 32 years ago, on a Thursday.

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