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On this day in 1831 – June 13th – Scottish scientist James Clerk Maxwell was born in Edinburgh.
Maxwell showed that electricity, magnetism, and light are all aspects of the same phenomenon, electromagnetism. His discoveries helped usher in the era of modern physics, laying the foundation for such fields as special relativity and quantum mechanics.
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On this day in 1983 – June 13th – Pioneer 10 crossed the orbit of Neptune, our outermost planet.
Pioneer 10 was the first human-made object to leave the proximity of the major planets of the Solar System.
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On this day in 2010 – June 13th – the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa ("Peregrine Falcon") returned the first ever samples from an asteroid.
Hayabusa studied asteroid 25143 Itokawa from orbit, and then landed on the asteroid to collect small grains of material.
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I never knew they had done space exploration.
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JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), says "Satellites offer a wide variety of valuable services. These include communications and weather observation, which are essential to modern life, as well as astronomical observation and space development. Japanese satellites now in orbit are performing missions in a wide range of areas. For example, they have been playing an important role in assessing and analyzing abnormal weather patterns. For the purpose of planetary exploration, plans are under way for sending probes to the Moon and Mars".
What are the major missions of JAXA?
X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM)
Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM)
Lunar Polar Exploration Mission(LUPEX)
GOSAT-2. Enhance the functionality and performance of greenhouse gas observations.
BepiColombo. ...
H3 Launch Vehicle.
Epsilon Launch Vehicle. ...
Transfer Vehicle "HTV-X"
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On this day in 1963 – June 16th – Valentina Tereshkova in Vostok 6 became the first woman in space.With a single flight, she logged more flight time than the combined times of all American astronauts who had flown before that date. She's the only woman ever to make a solo space flight.
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On this day in 1714 – June 17th – French astronomer and cartographer Caesar-François Cassini de Thury was born in Thury-sous-Clermont in northern France.
He was the grandson of Jean Dominique Cassini - after whom the Cassini mission to Saturn was named - and the third Cassini to be the director of the Paris Observatory.
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On this day in 1800 – June 17th – William Parsons, Third Earl of Rosse, was born in York, England.
As well as being a skilled engineer and ingenious scientist, he was a dedicated astronomer who constructed a 72-inch (1.83 metre) diameter reflecting telescope at Birr Castle, Parsonstown in Ireland during the 1840s. Known as the Leviathan of Parsonstown, this huge telescope was larger than any made previously and the largest in the world for several decades, and enabled him to discover the spiral nature of many nebulae.
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On this day in 1799 – June 18th – English merchant and astronomer William Lassell was born in Bolton, Lancashire.
Lassell was known for his improvements to the reflecting telescope, and his discoveries, which include Neptune's moon Triton and two of the moons of Uranus.
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On this day in 1983 – June 18th – physicist and astronaut Sally Ride became the first American woman in space.Ride was a crew member of STS-7 Challenger which was launched 2 days after the 20th anniversary of Valentina Tereshkova's space flight...
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