1 December
1960: On 1 December 1960, Pchelka (Little Bee) and Mushka (Little Fly) were launched aboard the Soviet Sputnik 6 mission.
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1995: On 2 December 1995, the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) was launched.
SOHO flies in a halo orbit around the Lagrangian point, L1 - about 1.5 million kilometres from Earth towards the Sun.
Data from SOHO helps us understand the Sun. It is the only star we can observe in such detail and the star on which we all depend. Its science ranges from the Sun's hot interior, through its visible surface and stormy atmosphere, to distant regions where the wind from the Sun meets atoms coming from other stars.
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Space Shuttle Endeavour
1993: On 2 December 1993, Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched and performed the first Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission (codenamed STS-61).
It was a ten-day mission with five space walks. This mission repaired faulty optics on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope allowing astronomers a new, clear view of space.
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30 November
1609: On 30 November 1609, Galileo Galilei used his telescope for the first time to study the Moon.
29 November
1866: On 29 November 1866, Ernest Brown was born.Brown was a British astronomer who devoted his career to the theory of the Moon's motion and constructing accurate lunar tables. He ...
28 November
1964: On 28 November 1964, the NASA Mariner 4 spacecraft gave scientists their first glimpse of Mars at close range.Mariner 4 was the fourth in a series of spacecraft used ...
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