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03/16 Robert Goddard launches first liquid-fueled rocket, Auburn MA, 1926 |
03/16 Robert Goddard launches first liquid-fueled rocket, Auburn MA, 1926 |
03/17 Vanguard I launched, 1958. Earth proved pear-shaped |
03/17 Vanguard I launched, 1958. Earth proved pear-shaped |
03/18 Aleksei Leonov performs first spacewalk, 1965 |
03/18 Aleksei Leonov performs first spacewalk, 1965 |
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03/23 Mir station Flares Farewell after 15 years of service, 2001 |
03/28 First reaction thrust motor demonstration, 1883 |
03/28 First reaction thrust motor demonstration, 1883 |
03/30 Five rings around Uranus discovered, 1977 |
03/30 Five rings around Uranus discovered, 1977 |
04/12 Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space, 1961 |
04/12 Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space, 1961 |
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06/13 Pioneer 10 flies past Neptune's orbit, and becomes the first human |
06/13 Pioneer 10 flies past Neptune's orbit, and becomes the first human |
artifact to travel beyond the orbits of all known planets, 1983 |
artifact to travel beyond the orbits of all known planets, 1983 |
07/11 Skylab enters Earth's atmosphere and is destroyed, 1979 |
07/11 Skylab enters Earth's atmosphere and is destroyed, 1979 |
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07/04 NASA's Pathfinder lands on Mars, 1997 |
07/20 Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin land on moon, 1969 |
07/20 Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin land on moon, 1969 |
08/03 First ICBM (P-7) test (5T of iron is launched to Kamchatka), 1957 |
08/03 First ICBM (P-7) test (5T of iron is launched to Kamchatka), 1957 |
08/11 Perseid meteor shower (look north; three days) |
08/11 Perseid meteor shower (look north; three days) |
08/12 First test flight of Space Shuttle "Enterprise" from 747, 1977 |
08/12 First test flight of Space Shuttle "Enterprise" from 747, 1977 |
08/19 Air Force cargo plane snares payload from Discoverer 14 spy satellite, |
08/19 Air Force cargo plane snares payload from Discoverer 14 spy satellite, |
marking start of practical military reconnaissance from space, 1960 |
marking start of practical military reconnaissance from space, 1960 |
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08/25 First reaction thrust motor design, 1898 |
08/29 Star in Cygnus goes nova and becomes 4th brightest in sky, 1975; |
08/29 Star in Cygnus goes nova and becomes 4th brightest in sky, 1975; |
Nova Cygni 1975. |
Nova Cygni 1975. |
10/01 NASA officially begins operations, 1958 |
10/01 NASA officially begins operations, 1958 |
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12/13 Apollo 17 leaves the moon, with "last" men to walk on moon aboard, 1972 |
12/13 Apollo 17 leaves the moon, with "last" men to walk on moon aboard, 1972 |
12/13 Geminid meteor shower (look south) |
12/13 Geminid meteor shower (look south) |
12/24 Apollo 8 first manned lunar orbit, 1968 |
12/24 Apollo 8 first manned lunar orbit, 1968 |
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12/30 Edwin Hubble announces the existence of other galaxies, 1924 |
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