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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 ...

October 15, 2018
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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, 2018
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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, 2018
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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 ...

September 17, 2018
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1006: Brightest Supernova in Recorded Human History

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|Date: April 30, 2016
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1006: Brightest Supernova in Recorded Human History

On this day back in 1006, therefore in the early Middle Ages, the brightest supernova in recorded human h ...

On this day back in 1006, therefore in the early Middle Ages, the brightest supernova in recorded human history exploded in the sky. It was an explosion of a star about 7,200 light years away from Ear ...

April 30, 2016
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1995: The Man who was in Space the Longest and Circled the Earth 7000 Times

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|Date: March 22, 2016
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1995: The Man who was in Space the Longest and Circled the Earth 7000 Times

On this day the Russian astronaut (“cosmonaut”) Valeri Polyakov ended his space mission after spending a ...

On this day the Russian astronaut (“cosmonaut”) Valeri Polyakov ended his space mission after spending a record-long time in space: 437 days and 18 hours. He spent that time on the space station Mir, ...

March 22, 2016
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1958: What is the Oldest Manmade Object in Space?

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1958: What is the Oldest Manmade Object in Space?

The Vanguard 1 satellite was launched by the Americans back in 1958, precisely on this day. It is interes ...

The Vanguard 1 satellite was launched by the Americans back in 1958, precisely on this day. It is interesting that NASA did not yet exist at the time. The oldest manmade body which is still in orbit a ...

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1986: First Module of the Space Station Mir Launched in Gorbachev’s Time

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|Date: February 20, 2016
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1986: First Module of the Space Station Mir Launched in Gorbachev’s Time

The first module of the space station Mir was launched on this day in 1986. When it was fully assembled, ...

The first module of the space station Mir was launched on this day in 1986. When it was fully assembled, the space station reached a mass unsurpassed by any previous spacecraft – around 130 tons. The ...

February 20, 2016
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