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Published On: April 22, 2010

X-37BIn a launch simply designated USA-212, the U.S. Air Force launches the Boeing-built X-37B unmanned vehicle into Earth orbit. Resembling a scaled-down Space Shuttle, the X-37B is launched via an Atlas V rocket, though during launch it is fully surrounded by an aerodynamic shell rather than being side-mounted to its booster like the manned Shuttle. The X-37B does not return until December, using a landing profile similar to that of the Shuttle (but automated), and the details of the mission remain classified.

Published On: April 22, 1971

Soyuz 10The Soviet Union launches the Soyuz 10 mission, intended to become the first crew to occupy an Earth-orbiting space station. Flying a new modification of the Soyuz vehicle, fitted with a new system for docking to the Salyut 1 space station, are Vladimir Shatalov, Alexei Yeliseyev and Nikolai Rukavishnikov, but they won’t be the first space station crew in history: the Soyuz capsule fails to hard-dock to the station, making it impossible for them to enter. Soyuz 10 returns to Earth after two days, and even on the return journey the cosmonauts are sickened by toxic fumes in their environmental system. Salyut 1 remains in orbit, still unmanned.

Published On: April 22, 1954

Mr. District AttorneyThe fifth episode of the syndicated series Mr. District Attorney, starring David Brian, is broadcast in the United States. This story, titled Defense Plant Gambling, is the first television script sold by future Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, who is moonlighting as a novice TV writer while still on active duty with the Los Angeles Police Department. Due to Roddenberry’s current police employment, the episode is credited to his pseudonym, Robert Wesley. Though no longer commercially available, the original film prints are held by the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Hear more about it on the Gene-ology podcast

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