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7th December 1972: The Blue Marble photograph taken of the whole Earth

  • 7th December 2020
  • Tagged as: Apollo, Earth, Moon, NASA, Photography, Science, Space, Space Race, Technology, United States, USA

The crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft took the iconic Blue Marble photograph of the earth.

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14th September 1959: The USSR sends the first man-made object to the Moon’s surface

  • 14th September 2020
  • Tagged as: Moon, Science, Soviet Union, Space, Space Race, Technology, USA, USSR

Shortly after midnight in Moscow, the Soviets became the first to successfully send a human-made object to the Moon.

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25th May 1961: Kennedy announces plan for manned moon landing

  • 25th May 2020
  • Tagged as: America, Cold War, Kennedy, Moon, Space, Technology, USA, USSR

On the 25th May 1961, American President John F. Kennedy made the announcement to a joint session of Congress that he had set his sights on a manned moon landing before the end of the decade.

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27th January 1967: The Outer Space Treaty that is the basis for all space laws opened for signatures

  • 27th January 2020
  • Tagged as: Britain, Moon, Science, Space, Technology, United Kingdom, United Nations, USSR

The Outer Space Treaty, which provides the basic framework on international space law, was opened for signatures in the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom.

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