Voyager 2 launched by a Titan-Centaur rocket.
On June 29, 1995, the American space shuttle Atlantis docked
with the Russian space station Mir to form the largest man-
made satellite ever to orbit the Earth.
This historic moment of cooperation between former rival
space programs was also the 100th human space mission
in American history.
On June 16, 1963, aboard Vostok 6, Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to travel into space. After
48 orbits and 71 hours, she returned to earth, having spent more
time in space than all U.S. astronauts combined to that date.
Before her selection for the Soviet space program, Tereshkova
was a textile factory. She joined the Air Force as part of the
Cosmonaut Corps and was commissioned as an officer after
completing her training.
Elvis Presley (The King of Rock and Roll) married Priscilla Beaulieu at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on
May 1, 1967.