Events in History October |
| Date | Story or event |
| 3rd October 1962 | Walter Schirra orbits the earth six times in nine hours |
| 4th October, 1957 | Sputnik I becomes the first orbiting satellite |
| 10th October, 1846 | William Lassell discovers Neptune's moon Triton |
| 15th October, 2003 | China sends first astronaut into space |
| 18th October, 1967 | First view of the surface of venus |
| 19th October, 1967 | Mariner 5 arrives at hot and windy Venus (Just one day behind the Russians) |
| 22nd October, 2136 BC | The first recorded solar eclipse witnessed by Chinese astronomers. |
| 24th October, 1601 | Tycho brahe died in Prague, Bohemia (now Czech Republic) |
| 26th October, 1959 | First images of the far sde of the moon published |
| 31st October, 1930 | Birthday of astronaut Michael Collins (Gemini astronaut and Apollo XI command module pilot) |