3 February
1966: On 3 February 1966, the unmanned Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft landed safely on the Moon. It was the first ever soft landing on another celestial body.
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1906: On 4 February 1906, Clyde W. Tombaugh was born.
Tombaugh was an American astronomer who discovered the planet Pluto in 1930. It was the only planet discovered in the twentieth century, after a systematic search instigated by the predictions of other astronomers.
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2 February
2000: On 2 February 2000, it was announced that ESA's XMM-Newton spacecraft had taken its first pictures giving new views of the Universe.
1 February
2003: On 1 February 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia was lost and seven NASA astronauts perished.
31 January
1958: On 31 January 1958, the first American satellite was launched.
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