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Tag: Space Race

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

7th December 2018
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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28th October 1971: Prospero, the only British satellite launched with a British rocket

28th October 2018
Tagged as: Britain, Rocket, Satellite, Science, Space, Space Race, Technology

The Prospero satellite was launched, making it the first and only British satellite to be launched using a British rocket.

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

14th September 2018
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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