October 07

1958 – The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury.
1959 – USSR probe Luna 3 transmits first ever photographs of the far side of the moon.
2004 - Hotel magnate Robert Bigelow establishes the America's Space Prize, offering $50 million to the first US-based privately-funded team to design and build a reusable manned capsule capable of flying 5 astronauts to a Bigelow Aerospace inflatable space module.
2401 - Daniel Wueste is assigned as commanding officer of the USS Valley Forge, CA-1996 .