* 1972 – Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Apollo used Saturn family rockets as launch vehicles.

It also became clear that Apollo would outgrow the Canaveral launch facilities in Florida.

The LOC also included an Operations and Checkout Building ( OCB ), to which Gemini and Apollo spacecraft were initially received prior to being mated to their launch vehicles.

This was the first launch delay in the Apollo program due to a technical problem.

As the countdown began, the crew of Apollo 16 were participating in final training exercises in anticipation of a launch on 16 April.

image: Apollo 17 The Last Moon Shot Edit1. jpg | The Apollo 17 Saturn V awaits launch.

image: Spiro Agnew Congratulates Launch Control After Launch of Apollo 17-GPN-2002-000058. jpg | Vice President Spiro Agnew congratulates launch control after the launch

" Space Oddity " was released on 11 July, five days ahead of the Apollo 11 launch, to become a UK top five hit.

* 1971 – Apollo program: launch of Apollo 15 on the first Apollo " J-Mission ", and first use of a Lunar Roving Vehicle.

* 1962 – Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle.

* 1975 – Space Race: Apollo – Soyuz Test Project features the dual launch of an Apollo spacecraft and a Soyuz spacecraft on the first joint Soviet-United States human-crewed flight.

It was both the last launch of an Apollo spacecraft, and the Saturn family of rockets.

Its two major components, the Saturn Workshop and the Apollo Telescope Mount, began their development as separate projects ( the SWS was kludged from the S-IVB stage of the Saturn 1B and Saturn V launch vehicles, the ATM was kludged from an early design for the descent stage of the Apollo Lunar Module ).

In the final design, the SWS and ATM were launched together, but for the single-launch concept to work, the ATM had to pivot 90 degrees on a truss structure from its launch position to its on-orbit orientation, clearing the way for the crew to dock its Apollo Command / Service Module at the axial docking port of the Multiple Docking Adapter.

In early planning for the Apollo Program, it had been assumed that two Saturn V launch vehicles would be used for each lunar mission: one for sending the crew aboard a Lunar Surface Module ( LSM ) to lunar orbit, landing, and returning, and a second for sending an LSM-Truck ( LSM-T ) with all of the equipment, supplies, and transport vehicle for use by the crew while on the surface.

On August 1, 1981, at 12: 01 a. m., MTV launched with the words " Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll ," spoken by John Lack, and played over footage of the first Space Shuttle launch countdown of Columbia, which took place earlier that year, and of the launch of Apollo 11.

On May 16, 2006 AOL will launch a new service for AIM.

* BBC News report on the ( delayed ) successful launch of the Ariane 5 ECA flight on November 16, 2005.

It also had eight George Washington and Ethan Allen class ballistic missile submarines with the capability to launch 16 Polaris missiles each with a range of.

The first test launch took place on 16 August 1968, the first successful at-sea launch was from a surface ship, the historic ( from July 1 to December 16, 1969 ), earning the ship the Meritorious Unit Commendation, and the first test launch from a submarine took place on the on 3 August 1970.

" The target dates were adjusted because critical payload hardware for STS-133 will not be ready in time to support the previously planned 16 September launch ," NASA said in a statement.

The launch was finally carried out on May 16, 2011.

Two additional missions followed, with the launch dates of 28 July 1973 ( SL-3 ) and 16 November 1973 ( SL-4 ), and mission durations of 59 and 84 days, respectively.

The first recorded launch of torpedoes from a torpedo boat ( which itself was launched from a torpedo boat tender ) in an actual battle was by Russian admiral Stepan Makarov on January 16, 1878, who used self-propelled Whitehead's torpedoes against a Turkish armed ship Intibah during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78.

Launched on July 22, 1962 as a Venus flyby mission, a range safety officer ordered its destructive abort at 09: 26: 16 UT, 294. 5 seconds after launch.

Forty days later, the Soviet Union made its first successful underwater launch of a submarine ballistic missile in the White Sea on 10 September 1960 from the same converted Project 611 ( Zulu Class ) submarine that first launched the R-11FM ( SS-N-1 Scud-A, naval modification of SS-1 Scud ) on 16 September 1955.

" On July 16, 1969, Johnson attended the Apollo 11 launch — the first former or incumbent US president to witness a rocket launch.

At the time of its launch, Disney Channel was a premium channel that aired for 16 hours a day, from 7 a. m .- 11 p. m. ET / PT.

The first launch attempt on 16 February 1986 was scrubbed when the spacecraft communications failed, but the second launch attempt, on 19 February 1986 at 21: 28: 23 UTC, was successful, meeting the political deadline.

It was a quarter of seven when the crowd washed me up among the other gallants who had established the Astor steps as the beach-head from which to launch their night of merrymaking.

This meeting was called to determine how these groups might cooperate to launch what is known as the Outdoor Education Project.

** Atlas III was a US launch vehicle ( 2000 – 2005 )

A port was in development for the 5200 and advertised as a launch title but never officially released, although an unofficial release was produced by AtariAge.

The Atari 7800 version was a launch title and featured co-operative play, it was the built in game on the European Atari 7800 release.

NASA's planned Space Interferometry Mission ( SIM PlanetQuest ) ( now cancelled ) was to utilize astrometric techniques to detect terrestrial planets orbiting 200 or so of the nearest solar-type stars, and the European Space Agency's GAIA ( due to launch in 2012 ), which will be applying astrometric techniques in its stellar census.

It was also clear NASA would soon outgrow its practice of controlling missions from its Cape Canaveral Air Force Station launch facilities in Florida, so a new Mission Control Center would be included in the MSC.

Alfred determined their strategy was to launch smaller scaled attacks from a secure and reinforced defensible base which they could retreat to should their raiders meet strong resistance.

He never contracted the illness, but was nevertheless removed from the crew and replaced by back-up Jack Swigert three days prior to the launch.

In January 1972, three months before the planned April launch date, a fuel tank in the Command Module was accidentally damaged during a routine test.

The rocket was returned to the Vehicle Assembly Building, the fuel tank replaced and the rocket returned to the launch pad in February in time for the scheduled launch.

The launch itself was nominal, with the crew experiencing vibration similar to that of previous crews.

In July 2011, after returning the piece of debris at NASA's request, the sixteen-year-old Schanze was given an all-access tour of the Kennedy Space Center as well as VIP seating for the launch of STS-135, the final mission of the Space Shuttle program.

By late 1983 it was clear that IBM's Token Ring would not be ready in time for the launch of the Mac, and might miss the launch of these other products as well.

Atari's launch of the 7800 under Tramiel was far more subdued than Warner had planned for the system in 1984 with a marketing budget of just $ 300, 000.

The AIM-54 / AWG-9 combination was the first to have multiple track capability ( up to 24 targets ) and launch ( up to 6 Phoenixes can be launched nearly simultaneously ); the large missile is equipped with a conventional warhead.

A full load of 6 Phoenix missiles and the unique launch rails weigh in at over, about twice the weight of Sparrows, so it was more common to carry a mixed load of 4 Phoenix, 2 Sparrow and 2 Sidewinder missiles.

The Tomcat's AWG-9 radar was capable of tracking up to 24 targets in Track-While-Scan mode, with the AWG-9 selecting up to six priority targets for potential launch by the AIM-54.

Count Horn's Dutch infantry managed to push the French back from the water's edge, but it was apparent that before Marlborough could launch his main effort against Tallard, Oberglauheim would have to be secured.