Science

India launched its first mission to the moon on Oct. 21, 2008, when the Indian Space Research Organisation sent Chandrayaan-1 into space from the Satish Dhawan Space Center.

In 1927, 23-year-old John von Neumann published a trilogy defining quantum mechanics within an abstract mathematical arena called Hilbert space.

On October 20, 1970, the Soviet Union launched the Zond 8 spacecraft on a circumlunar mission, the final flight of the Zond program.

Stanley Anderson, a 1979 MIT graduate, has become CEO of Costa Pickleball, a Las Vegas-based startup selling high-performance paddles in decorative designs.

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has set October 28 as the date for its first 'Frontier Forum,' hosted by the agency's Innovation Task Force.