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Dwarf planet Ceres discovered in 1801 - On This Day In Space | Jan. 1

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Stardust flew by comet Wild 2 - On This Day In Space | Jan. 2

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Cassini flew by Saturn's moon Iapetus - On This Day In Space | Dec. 31

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First photo of Earth's curvature snapped - On This Day In Space | Dec. 30

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Captain Cook observed 1777 solar eclipse - On This Day In Space | Dec. 29

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Auroras seen on Jupiter's moon Ganymede - On This Day In Space | Dec. 28

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OTD in Space – January 4: NASA Cancels Apollo 20 Moon Mission

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OTD in Space – January 5: Discovery of Eris Ignites Pluto-Planet Debate

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OTD in Space – January 6: Last Surveyor Spacecraft Launches to the Moon

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OTD in Space – January 7: Galileo Discovers 3 Moons of Jupiter

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OTD in Space – January 8: Soviet Union Launches 2nd Lunar Rover

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OTD in Space – January 9: 'Ashen Light' Discovered on Venus

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OTD in Space – January 10: Radar Astronomy is Born!

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OTD in Space – January 11: William Herschel Discovers 2 Moons of Uranus

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OTD in Space – January 12: Deep Impact Spacecraft Launches to a Comet

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OTD in Space – January 13: NASA Hires First Female Astronauts

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OTD in Space – January 14: Huygens Probe Lands on Saturn's Moon Titan

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OTD in Space – January 15: Stardust Spacecraft Returns Samples of Comet Dust

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OTD in Space – January 16: 1st Docking of 2 Crewed Spacecraft

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OTD in Space – January 17: Final Aerobee Sounding Rocket Launched

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OTD in Space – January 18: Gemini South Observatory Dedicated

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OTD in Space – January 19: New Horizons Launched

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OTD in Space – January 20: 1st Progress Cargo Delivery Mission Launched

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OTD in Space – January 21: 'Miss Sam' the Rhesus Monkey Launched into Space

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OTD in Space – January 22: Pioneer 10 Beams Last Signal to Earth

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OTD in Space – January 23: NASA's Glenn Research Center is Founded

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OTD in Space – January 24: Voyager 2 Flies Past Uranus

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OTD in Space – January 25: Opportunity Rover Lands on Mars

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OTD in Space – January 26: International Ultraviolet Explorer Launched

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OTD in Space – January 27: Apollo 1 Fire

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OTD in Space – January 28: Space Shuttle Challenger Explodes After Launch

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OTD in Space – January 29: Phobos 2 Enters Orbit Around Mars

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OTD in Space – January 30: Ranger 6 Launched

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OTD in Space – January 31: Ham the Chimpanzee Takes Flight

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OTD in Space – February 1: Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster

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OTD in Space – February 2: U.S. Air Force Launches Key Hole-7 Surveillance Satellite

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OTD in Space – February 3: ISS Astronauts Launch SuitSat

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OTD in Space – February 4: STS-63 Launches 'Orbital Debris Calibration Sphere'

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OTD in Space – February 5: Apollo 14 Lands on the Moon

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OTD in Space – February 6: Astronauts Play Golf on the Moon

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OTD in Space – February 7: 1st Untethered Spacewalk

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OTD in Space – February 8: NASA Astronauts Say Final Goodbye to Skylab

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OTD in Space – February 9: Great Meteor Procession of 1913

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OTD in Space – February 10: Radar Bounced Off Venus by MIT

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OTD in Space – February 11: NASA Launches Solar Dynamics Observatory

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OTD in Space – February 12: NEAR-Shoemaker Lands on Asteroid Eros

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OTD in Space – February 13: 1st Vega Rocket Launch

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OTD in Space – February 14: Voyager 1 Takes Solar System 'Family Portrait'

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OTD in Space – February 15: Meteor Explodes Over Chelyabinsk, Russia

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OTD in Space – February 16: Gerard Kuiper Discovers Uranus' Moon Miranda

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OTD in Space – February 17: NASA Launches 5 THEMIS Aurora-Hunting Spacecraft

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OTD in Space – February 18: Pluto Discovered by Clyde Tombaugh

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OTD in Space – February 19: Mir Space Station Launched

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OTD in Space – February 20: John Glenn Becomes 1st American to Orbit Earth

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OTD in Space – February 21: Germany's 1st Liquid-Fuel Rocket (Barely) Launches

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OTD in Space – February 22: Soviet Space Dogs Launch on Record-Setting Mission

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OTD in Space – February 23: Pioneer 11 Leaves the Solar System

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OTD in Space – February 24: Pulsars First Discovered

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OTD in Space – February 25: Western Union Launches Westar 4 Communications Satellite

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OTD in Space – February 26: 1st Launch of Saturn 1B Rocket

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OTD in Space – February 27: J.S. Hey Discovers Radio Emissions From the Sun

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OTD in Space – February 28: Discoverer 1 Spy Satellite Goes Missing After Launch

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OTD in Space – February 29: Happy Leap Day!

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OTD in Space – March 1: Scott Kelly Returns from a Year in Space

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OTD in Space – March 2: Rosetta Spacecraft Launches to Comet 67P

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OTD in Space – March 3: Apollo 9 Launches 1st Test Flight of Lunar Module

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OTD in Space – March 4: Jupiter's Rings Discovered

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OTD in Space – March 5: Soviet Space Probe Lands on Venus

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OTD in Space – March 6: Vega 1 Flies by Halley's Comet

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OTD in Space – March 7: NASA Launches Orbiting Solar Observatory

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OTD in Space – March 8: Volcanoes Spotted on Jupiter's Moon Io

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OTD in Space – March 9: Soviet Union Launches Dummy, Dog and Guinea Pig into Space

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OTD in Space – March 10: Rings Discovered at Uranus

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OTD in Space – March 11: 1st Japanese Module & 'Dextre' Robot Launch to Space Station

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OTD in Space – March 12: NASA Launches Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission

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OTD in Space – March 13: Uranus Discovered!

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OTD in Space – March 14: ExoMars Mission Launches to Search for Life on Mars

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OTD in Space – March 15: Alais Meteorite Brings Organic Chemicals from Space

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OTD in Space – March 16: Gemini 8 Achieves First Space Docking

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OTD in Space – March 17: U.S. Launches Its Second Satellite, Vanguard 1

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OTD in Space – March 18: Soviet Rocket Explosion Kills 48 People

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OTD in Space – March 19: Ionospheric Satellite Fails to Reach Orbit

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OTD in Space – March 20: NASA Launches Palapa B2P Satellite for Indonesia

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OTD in Space – March 21: NASA Launches Ranger 9

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OTD in Space – March 22: Comet Hale-Bopp Flies by Earth

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OTD in Space – March 23: First Photo of the Moon

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OTD in Space – March 24: Mercury-Redstone BD Rocket Launches on Uncrewed Test Flight

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OTD in Space – March 25: Christiaan Huygens Discovers Saturn's Moon Titan

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OTD in Space – March 26: U.S. Army Launches Explorer 3 Satellite

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OTD in Space – March 27: Phobos 2 Mission to Martian Moon Ends in Failure

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OTD in Space – March 28: Last Test Flight of NASA's Saturn 1 Rocket Booster

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OTD in Space – March 29: Heinrich Olbers Discovers Asteroid Vesta

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OTD in Space – March 30: SpaceX Launches & Lands Used Rocket in Historic 1st Reflight

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OTD in Space – March 31: NASA Approves Gemini Spacecraft Design

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OTD in Space – April 1: NASA Launches TIROS-1, First US Weather Satellite

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OTD in Space – April 2: Luna 4 Launches on Lunar Flyby Mission

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OTD in Space – April 3: Soviet Union Launches Salyut 2 Space Station

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OTD in Space – April 4: Last Uncrewed Apollo Test Flight

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OTD in Space – April 5: Pioneer 11 Launches to Jupiter & Saturn

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OTD in Space – April 7: 1st Spacewalk from Space Shuttle

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