22 December

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1968: On 22 December 1968, the first television broadcast from a manned spacecraft in outer space was transmitted from Apollo 8.

Earth, over 200 000 kilometres away, appeared as a blurred ball of light.

A total of six live television transmission sessions were done by the crew during the mission, including the famous Christmas Eve broadcast in which the astronauts read from the book of Genesis.

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21 December

On 21 or 22 December every year, the 'solstice' occurs.

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20 December

1996: On 20 December 1996, Carl Sagan died.

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19 December

2003: on 19 December 2003, ESA's Mars Express released its Beagle 2 lander and set it on a trajectory for a landing on Mars.

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18 December

1958: On 18 December 1958, the world's first communications satellite, SCORE, was launched from Cape Canaveral, United States.

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