1989

March

 * 25: Robert Addison lands on Venus. Exploration is halted prematurely due to extreme surface conditions even more harsh than those expected.

August

 * 8: The first, central section of Moonbase Alpha is completed, stationing fifty people, and the acting Commander is Andrei Vasayov; construction continues on the branching sections.

September

 * 7: John Koenig joins Astronaut Cadets, where he meets Tony Cellini, Sam Petersen, and Tessa Underhill.

November

 * 30: Helena Gordon meets astronaut Lee Russell at a fund-raising dinner party in St. Paul.