15 November
1738: On 15 November 1738, Sir William Herschel was born.Herschel was a German-born British astronomer. In 1773, he made and began using his first telescope. With it he began a ...
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1973: On 16 November 1973, Skylab III was launched from Cape Canaveral, USA.
It was an 84-day mission that remained the longest American spaceflight for over two decades (until Norm Thagard broke it aboard Mir in 1995.
The Skylab III crew maintained their physical condition by walking treadmills and riding an on-board cycling machine. Among the thousands of experiments conducted during this flight, the astronauts made four space walks, including one on Christmas Day to observe Comet Kohoutek. After 1214 orbits, the crew returned to Earth, splashing down on 8 February 1974.
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14 November
1930: On 14 November 1930, Edward H White was born.White was the first US astronaut to walk in space, on board Gemini 4, launched on 3 June 1965. During the ...
13 November
1998: On 13 November 1998, the discovery of the 1000th pulsar in our galaxy was announced by the Jodrell Bank Observatory, University of Manchester, UK.The university used the 64-metre Parkes ...
12 November
1916: On 12 November 1916, Percival Lowell died.Lowell was an American astronomer who predicted the existence of the planet Pluto and initiated the search that ended in its discovery.Lowell was ...
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