2014 Event NASA awakens its New Horizons craft from hibernation for the last time; the vessel was launched 9 years ago to travel over 3 billion miles to Pluto and will be within range to begin data collection on the planet in January 2015 2014 Event Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, reveals the latest Dragon space capsule; the craft is reusable and will allow astronauts to control re-entry and landing; the development suggests that full commercialization of the space industry will soon be a reality 2011 Event The Japanese launch the H-II Transfer Vehicle HTV-2 Resupply Craft, in a mission to deliver cargo to the International Space Station 1997 Death Ann Craft, researcher and writer, dies at 53 1995 Death Harry Craft, baseball manager, dies at 80 1994 Event Russian manned space craft TM-18, lands 1994 Event Russian manned space craft TM-17, lands 1994 Event Russian manned space craft TM-18, launches into orbit 1993 Event Russian manned space craft TM-17, launches into orbit 1992 Event Russian manned space craft TM-14, lands 1992 Event Russian manned space craft TM-14, launches into orbit 1984 Event TV anchor Christine Craft wins $325,000 in her case against KMBC-TV 1983 Event Jury in KC, Mo, awards TV anchorwoman Christine Craft $500,000 in sex discrimination suit against KMBC-TV (later overturned) 1975 Event Venera 9, 1st craft to orbit planet Venus launched 1974 Birthday Fairuza Balk, The Craft, Gas Food Lodging 1972 Event Tennessee Williams' "Small Craft Warnings," premieres in New York City 1968 Birthday Douglas Craft, CFL defensive back, Montreal Alouettes 1965 Birthday Robert Manry, Cleveland newspaper editor/sailed the Atlantic, in craft 1959 Event Luna 1, Mechta, becomes 1st craft to leave Earth's gravity 1956 Event Hannes Lindemann begins journey across Atlantic in a 17' craft 1943 Birthday Ann Craft, researcher/writer 1943 Event Frank Piasecki, Vertol founder, flies his 1st (single-rotor) craft 1923 Birthday Robert Craft, Kingston, New York, conductor, Stravinsky-follower 1915 Birthday Harry Craft, baseball manager 1902 Event Lyman Gilmore is 1st person to fly a powered craft 1886 Event American Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions Samuel Gompers elected AFL president 1848 Event William and Ellen Craft escape from slavery in Georgia 1841 Birthday Clement Ader, French inventor, 1st to fly a heavier-than-air craft 1737 Event 40 foot waves sink 20,000 small craft and kill 300,000 (Bengal, India)
