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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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7th November 1492: Oldest meteorite with a known date of impact

  • 7th November 2020
  • Tagged as: Alsace, Austria, Ensisheim, Holy Roman Empire, Maximilian I, Meteorite, Space

The oldest meteorite with a known date of impact crashed into a wheat field outside the Alsatian town of Ensisheim.

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

  • 28th October 2020
  • 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 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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8th September 1966: Star Trek makes its television debut with “The Man Trap”

  • 8th September 2020
  • Tagged as: Culture, Space, Star Trek, Television

The first episode of American science fiction television series Star Trek was broadcast at 8.30pm on NBC.

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20th July 1969: Apollo 11 lands on the moon

  • 20th July 2020
  • Tagged as: Apollo, NASA, Science, Space, Space Race, Technology, United States

On the 20th July 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin successfully landed the Eagle, the Lunar Module of Apollo 11, on the surface of the moon.

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15th July 1975: The Apollo Soyuz Test Project lifted off

  • 15th July 2020
  • Tagged as: Science, Soviet Union, Space, Space Race, Technology, United States, USA, USSR

The two rockets of the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project launched from the USA and the USSR in the first international collaborative space mission.

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22nd June 1633: Galileo forced to recant his belief in heliocentrism

  • 22nd June 2020
  • Tagged as: Church, Italy, Pope, Religion, Renaissance, Science, Space

The 22nd June 1633 saw Galileo Galilei, the famed scientist, was found “vehemently suspect of heresy” by the Papal Inquisition and forced to recant his belief in the heliocentric universe originally put forward by Copernicus ninety years previously.

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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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13th April 1970: Explosion causes crisis on board Apollo 13

  • 13th April 2020
  • Tagged as: Apollo, Exploration, Science, Space, Technology, USA

Late on the 13th April 1970, the spacecraft Apollo 13 was rocked by an explosion from one of its oxygen tanks.

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