Space Shuttle Columbia Launches STS-109 to Service Hubble Telescope, March 1, 2002

The Envisat environmental satellite successfully launches aboard an Ariane 5 rocket to reach an orbit of 800 km (500 mi) above the Earth, which was the then-largest payload at 10.5 m long and with a diameter of 4.57 m. Date: March 1, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 1 📅 Events on…

Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9560 crashes after takeoff from Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing 14 of the 16 people on board. Date: July 28, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 28 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002First SARS…

Eastern Mediterranean event. A near-Earth asteroid estimated at ten meters in diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. The explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb. Date: June 6, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 6…

In reaction to the Passover massacre two days prior, Israel launches Operation Defensive Shield against Palestinian militants, its largest military operation in the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War. Date: March 29, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 29 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This…

Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military. Date: April 14, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 14 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2002First Human Nervous System Communication Experiment June…

An Ariane 4 rocket is launched from the Guiana Space Centre carrying Intelsat 904. Date: February 23, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 23 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 20022002 Lyon Car Attack March 30, 20022002 Lyon Car Attack March…