On this day

29 October in history.

5 moments from 1969 to 2013: discovery, creativity and courage, each with a source to read more.

5 moments

John Glenn official portrait.

1998

John Glenn returns to space at 77. At 77 years old, former astronaut John Glenn flew to space again aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-95.

Wikipedia: John Glenn

Photo: U.S. Senate Historical Office / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

More from 29 October

  1. 1969

    Computers talk for the first time on ARPANET

    The first link between two computers was made on ARPANET, the network that led to the Internet.

    Wikipedia: ComputerWikipedia: ARPANETWikipedia: Internet

  2. The M25 motorway of Great Britain highlighted against the motorways of the United Kingdom in 2016. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum.

    1986

    The M25 motorway opens

    The M25 motorway officially opened. It became one of Britain's busiest motorways.

    Wikipedia: Margaret ThatcherWikipedia: M25 motorway

    Photo: UK motorways map (thick lines).svg: User:Dr Greg and User:Nilfanion , created using Ordna… / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  3. Artist's rendering of NASA's Galileo spacecraft flying past Jupiter's moon Io. Galileo made multiple close approaches to the volcanically active moon during its time at Jupiter, including a first pass in Dec. 1995, during its arrival in the Jupiter system.

    1991

    Galileo makes the first visit to an asteroid

    The Galileo spacecraft flew past the asteroid 951 Gaspra, the first spacecraft ever to visit an asteroid.

    Wikipedia: Galileo (spacecraft)Wikipedia: AsteroidWikipedia: 951 Gaspra

    Photo: NASA / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  4. 2013

    A rail tunnel opens under the Bosphorus

    The first part of the Marmaray project opened, including a rail tunnel under the sea across the Bosphorus strait.

    Wikipedia: MarmarayWikipedia: Marmaray TunnelWikipedia: Bosporus

Moments chosen for discovery, creativity and courage. Each one links to a source where you can read more; photos are credited to their owners.