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1998: On 29 October 1998, US astronaut John Glenn was launched into space aboard Space Shuttle 'Discovery'.In 1962, Glenn made history as the first American to orbit Earth. Now at ...
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1981: On 30 October 1981, the Soviet Union launched Venera 13.
Venera returned photos and data from Venus until March 1983. Also aboard were two high energy science instruments researching gamma ray bursts. A total of 44, mostly confirmed, cosmic gamma-ray events were detected between November 1981 and March 1982 by the two instruments.
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28 October
1971: On 28 October 1971, the United Kingdom became the sixth nation to launch a satellite. The Prospero satellite, also known as the X3, was launched into orbit by a ...
27 October
1867: On 27 October 1867, John Wrottesley died.Wrottesley was an English astronomer who published The Catalogue of the RA of 1318 Stars. Wrottesley became a founder member of the Royal ...
26 October
1959: On 26 October 1959, the USSR released a photo of the far side of the Moon taken by the Lunik III probe. It was the first time anybody had ...
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