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2003: Yang Liwei: First Chinese in Space

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2003: Yang Liwei: First Chinese in Space

On this day in 2003, the People's Republic of China became the third country in history to successfully s ...

On this day in 2003, the People's Republic of China became the third country in history to successfully send a man into space. Only two other countries (the USA and the USSR/Russia) have thus far mana ...

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1959: First Dark Side of the Moon Photos

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1959: First Dark Side of the Moon Photos

On this day mankind got its first chance to see the so-called “dark side of the Moon”. As it is well-know ...

On this day mankind got its first chance to see the so-called “dark side of the Moon”. As it is well-known, the Moon, due to synchronous rotation, is always facing towards the Earth with the same side ...

October 07, 2019
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1995: Discovery of Bellerophon, the First Planet that Orbits a Star similar to our Sun

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1995: Discovery of Bellerophon, the First Planet that Orbits a Star similar to our Sun

On this day in 1995, the first planet outside our solar system that orbits a star similar to our Sun was ...

On this day in 1995, the first planet outside our solar system that orbits a star similar to our Sun was discovered. The star in question is 51 Pegasi, which is located some 50.9 light years away from ...

October 06, 2019
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1930: Thomas P. Stafford: The First General in Space

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1930: Thomas P. Stafford: The First General in Space

On this day in 1930, Thomas P. Stafford was born. He became the first person who held the rank of general ...

On this day in 1930, Thomas P. Stafford was born. He became the first person who held the rank of general and was launched into space (the Apollo-Soyuz mission, 1975). At the time, he served as Brigad ...

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1977: Space Probe Voyager 2 Launched

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1977: Space Probe Voyager 2 Launched

This day in 1977 marked the launch of the space probe Voyager 2, one of the most distant human-made objec ...

This day in 1977 marked the launch of the space probe Voyager 2, one of the most distant human-made objects (distance of 106.65 AU from the Sun). Voyager 2 travels through space, and its nuclear power ...

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1970: Soviets Make First Successful Landing on another Planet

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1970: Soviets Make First Successful Landing on another Planet

The first space probe in human history to successfully land on another planet was launched on this day in ...

The first space probe in human history to successfully land on another planet was launched on this day in 1970. The probe in question was called Venera 7 (Венера-7, Venus-7), and needed slightly under ...

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1990: The First Interplanetary Probe Launched from a Space Shuttle Reaches Venus

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1990: The First Interplanetary Probe Launched from a Space Shuttle Reaches Venus

On this day in 1990 the Magellan space probe entered into orbit around the planet Venus. It is interestin ...

On this day in 1990 the Magellan space probe entered into orbit around the planet Venus. It is interesting that the Magellan probe was the first interplanetary probe in history which was launched usin ...

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1950: First Rocket Launched from Cape Canaveral

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1950: First Rocket Launched from Cape Canaveral

On this day in 1950, the first rocket was launched from the famous Cape Canaveral in the U.S. state of Fl ...

On this day in 1950, the first rocket was launched from the famous Cape Canaveral in the U.S. state of Florida. Meanwhile, Cape Canaveral became known as the main U.S. launch site. Rockets with manned ...

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