What science event happened on today's date?

July 3
Pacific Time Zone


Soyuz 14
1974, Orbital flight
The Soyuz 14 (Golden Eagle) Russian space craft was launched by the USSR on July 3, 1974. The craft carried two Russian cosmonauts, Pavel Popovich and Yuri Artyukhin, to rendevous with the space station Salyut 3. The mission was for Earth observation and military reconnaissance.

The daily excerpts are taken from Explorit's "Book of Science Days"
366 events - one for each day of the year are automatically sequenced in this location.