21 September
2003: On 21 September 2003, the NASA Galileo spacecraft ended its eight-year mission to Jupiter. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, directed the craft into Jupiter's atmosphere to burn ...
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2003: On 22 September 2003, ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft was integrated with its Ariane 5G launcher at Europe's spaceport in French Guiana. This was done in preparation for launch on board Ariana Flight 162.
SMART-1 is the first of a series of ‘Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology’ designed to test key technologies for future spacecraft and Europe’s first mission to the Moon.
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20 September
1873: On 20 September 1873, Giovanni Battista Donati died.An Italian astronomer, Donati was the first to observe the spectrum of a comet (Comet 1864 II on 5 August 1864). This ...
19 September
1988: On 19 September 1988, Israel launched its first satellite, 'Ofeq-1' on board a Shavit rocket from the Negev Desert, becoming the ninth country to launch a rocket into space.
18 September
2003: On 18 September 2003, the last preparations for ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft were made in Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, to make it ready for its launch the following ...
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