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On February 4, 1995, astronauts aboard the space shuttle Discovery launched an itty bitty satellite called an Orbital Debris Calibration Sphere into orbit around the Earth.
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On February 3, 2006, astronauts at the International Space Station
#iss sent an empty spacesuit tumbling through space all by itself … for science.#otd#otdinspace More: https://buff.ly/2D9RgyW pic.twitter.com/zNLjKtnP02 -
On January 30, 1964, NASA launched the
#Ranger6 spacecraft on a mission to obtain the first-ever close-up images of the surface of the moon.#otd#otdinspace#space More: https://buff.ly/2D9RgyW pic.twitter.com/UflFuss43A -
On January 28, 1986, the space shuttle
#Challenger exploded shortly after liftoff, killing the seven crewmembers on board. The space shuttle disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of Cape Canaveral in Florida.#otd#otdinspace More: https://buff.ly/2D9RgyW pic.twitter.com/BNjEh0xPXp -
On January 27, 1967, three Apollo astronauts were killed during a routine preflight rehearsal at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The
#Apollo1 fire was the first major deadly disaster in the history of the U.S. space program#apollo1fire#otd#otdinspace More: https://buff.ly/2D9RgyW pic.twitter.com/dZTbxh5CKP -
On January 22, 2003, NASA's Pioneer 10 spacecraft beams its last data transmission back to Earth. Pioneer 10 was NASA's first mission to the outer planets.
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On January 17, 1985, the United States launched its 1,037th and final Aerobee rocket.
#Aerobee rockets were the first sounding rockets that the U.S. launched to research Earth's upper atmosphere.#otd#otdinspace#space More: https://buff.ly/2D9RgyW pic.twitter.com/yGrwBhOkmV -
On January 16, 1969, two crewed spacecraft docked in orbit for the first time. When the Soviet Union launched the Soyuz 4 spacecraft, only one cosmonaut was on board.
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On January 15, 2006, NASA's
#Stardust spacecraft returned to Earth to drop off a capsule that contained the first samples of a comet and interstellar dust.#otdinspace#otd More: https://buff.ly/2D9RgyW pic.twitter.com/jdIEJ1JRhs -
On January 3, 2004, NASA's Spirit rover landed on Mars! Also known as
#Mars Exploration Rover 2, this was the first of NASA's twin rovers to land on the Red Planet.#otd#otdinspace More: https://buff.ly/2D9RgyW pic.twitter.com/YOHtweFiem -
On Dec. 19, 1961, France's space agency was born!
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On Dec. 17, 2012, NASA's
#GRAIL mission crashed into the#moon. GRAIL stands for Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory, and consisted of two twin spacecraft named Ebb and Flow that are about the size of a washer and dryer.#otd#otdinspace More: https://buff.ly/2D9RgyW pic.twitter.com/mihfYRyVl6 -
On Dec. 13, 2012, a Chinese spacecraft flew by the asteroid
#Toutatis. Chang'e 2 launched in 2010 and was originally a lunar orbiter that China launched as part of a three-phase lunar exploration effort.#otd#otdinspace#space More: https://buff.ly/2D9RgyW pic.twitter.com/uplGqmerGg -
On Dec. 12, 1967, NASA launched the
#Pioneer8 spacecraft on a mission to study the#sun.#otd#otdinspace#space More: https://buff.ly/2D9RgyW pic.twitter.com/CbEp3uewUb -
On Dec. 9, 2006, the first-ever Swedish
#astronaut launched to the International Space Station. Arne Christer Fuglesang flew on the space shuttle Discovery as a mission specialist for mission STS-116.#otd#otdinspace#space More: https://buff.ly/2D9RgyW pic.twitter.com/cXIstUA3mc -
On Dec. 4, 1965, NASA launched the crewed
#Gemini7 spacecraft on a two-week-long mission in low-Earth orbit.This was the fourth crewed flight of NASA's Gemini program and the 12th crewed mission for the United States.#otd#otdinspace#space More: https://buff.ly/2D9RgyW pic.twitter.com/ycpUkigZHQ -
On November 19, 2005, the Japanese Hayabusa (HI-uh-BOOS-uh) spacecraft made the first liftoff from an asteroid.
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On November 3, 1957, a Soviet space dog named
#Laika became the first animal to orbit Earth.#otd#otdinspace More: https://buff.ly/2D9RgyW pic.twitter.com/7q0laxOJco -
On October 28, 1971, the United Kingdom launched its first satellite. The satellite was named
#Prospero, but it was also known as the X-3.#otd#otdinspace More: https://buff.ly/2D9RgyW pic.twitter.com/B2Lrkcr2EY -
On October 23, 2007, the space shuttle
#Discovery launched the Harmony module to the#ISS.The Harmony module is a utility hub 14 feet wide and 24 feet long, or about the length of a minibus.#otd#otdinspace More: https://buff.ly/2D9RgyW pic.twitter.com/QbpFJBZZdw
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