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The Big Space Exploration Topic [21-08-2017: Total Solar Eclipse in the USA!]

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  • DwayneDwayne New York City
    Posts: 2,925
    Thanks for that list @RichardTheBruce.

    Every year I use to purchase the "Year In Space" calendar so I would be reminded when these key historical dates came up. And then, for some years I would always include it when putting together my friends Christmas packages (along with Frango Mints!)
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    Unfortunately, the gentleman that sold the calendar stopped doing so after 2020 in order to move on to other things. I really miss it.

    One (very) minor point, technically the Soviet Union's 1971 Mars 3 lander was the first to touchdown on the planet. It, however, only transmitted for less than a minute before going silent.
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
    Posts: 14,173
    @Dwayne thanks my source was to pull from The American Patriot's Almanac: Daily Readings on America by Dr. William J. Bennett and John T. E. Cribb.



    Now there's new space history being made


    SpaceX Starship launch: Mechanical arms catch rocket booster back at the launch pad (3:44)
  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
    Posts: 12,560
    That is still so incredible to watch even after all this time.
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
    Posts: 8,601
    RogueAgent wrote: »
    That is still so incredible to watch even after all this time.

    Yep. Taking the only pathway everybody discarded beforehand and make it work is increadable.
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