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On this day in 1971 - November 14th - NASA's Mariner 9 was inserted into a Martian orbit.
Mariner 9 was the first spacecraft to orbit Mars.
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Re: 2019: On this day . . .
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11/14/19 08:18 AM
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On this day in 1738 - November 15th - William Herschel was born in Hannover, now part of Germany.Herschel, a naturalized Englishman, was the first person in history to discover a new planet (Uranus). Working in partnership with his sister Caroline, he helped to lay the foundations of modern astronomy.
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11/15/19 07:18 AM
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On this day in 1974 - November 15th - Spain launched its first satellite, Intasat, on a Delta rocket from Vandenburg Air Force Base in the United States.
Intasat was a small spacecraft carrying a beacon experiment to study the ionosphere. It was in operation for two years.
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11/15/19 07:21 AM
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On this day in 1995 - November 17th - the European Space Agency (ESO) launched the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO).
It was the first orbiting infrared observatory that allowed astronomers to make sensitive observations at infrared wavelengths.
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11/15/19 09:01 PM
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On this day in 1970 - November 17th - the Soviet Mission Luna 17 landed on the Moon.
Luna 17 contained the Lunokhod 1 rover, the first wheeled vehicle on Moon.
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11/19/19 06:43 AM
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On this day in 1923 - November 18th - American astronaut Alan Shepard was born.
He was the first American in space, though not the first to orbit. He later commanded the Apollo 14 mission to the Moon.
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11/19/19 06:47 AM
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On this day in 1989 - November 18th - NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) was launched.
COBE was a cosmology satellite that investigated the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB). It provided key pieces of evidence that supported the Big Bang theory of the Universe.
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11/19/19 06:50 AM
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On this day in 2013 - November 18th - NASA's MAVEN spacecraft was launched.
The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN) is a space probe designed to study the Martian atmosphere while orbiting Mars.
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11/19/19 08:12 PM
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I've missed keeping up with your posts. I was cruising and it was a great get-away. One of our table mates was interested in watching moon-rise. She mentioned it to the captain and he did add the time of moon rise to his Noon-time updates.
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11/20/19 08:51 AM
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Splendid, Angie! Where were you cruising?
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