A Titan II booster launches the unmanned space probe Clementine I toward the Moon- part of the first US lunar mission since Apollo 17 in 1972.
Navy Adm. Samuel J. Paparo Jr. assumed leadership of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, succeeding Navy Adm. John Aquilino at a change of command ceremony, urging action amid China's “increasing intrusive and expansionist claims,” on May 3