16 November
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 ...
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1995: On 17 November 1995, ESA's ISO mission was launched by an Ariane 44P launcher from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
Probing the cool and hidden Universe, the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) was the most sensitive infrared satellite ever launched. ISO made particularly important studies of the dusty regions of the Universe, where visible light telescopes can see nothing. The wealth of data collected by ISO still produce important science results.
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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 ...
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 ...
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