31 July
1999: On 31 July 1999, NASA's Lunar Prospector plunged into a permanently shadowed crater near the Moon's south pole. The crash ending the successful mission also deposited 28 g of ...
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On 1 August every year, the meteor shower known as the Alpha Capricornids reaches its peak. This is a meteor shower which lasts from 15 July until 11 September. The shower has the reputation of producing some of the brightest meteors of the major showers, with the average magnitude being estimated as about 2.2.
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30 July
2003: On 30 July 2003, ESA's SMART-1 was lowered onto the cone-shaped adapter that would serve as its interface with the Ariane 5 launch vehicle. The photo above shows the ...
29 July
1999: On 29 July 1999, NASA's Deep Space 1 undertook the closest encounter with an asteroid ever attempted when it flew within 15 kilometres of the newly named asteroid Braille ...
28 July
1851: On 28 July 1851, the first photograph of a total solar eclipse was made. The photograph was a daguerrotype, had a 24 second exposure and was taken by a ...
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