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#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #September18, 1977: #Voyager1 takes #FirstPhotographOfTheEarthAndTheMoonTogether. #Earth #TheEarth #Moon #TheMoon #Voyager1 #SpaceflightFirsts #InterplanetaryExploration #Spaceflight #SpaceSKy
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September 18, 2026 at 5:42 AM
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#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #September21, 1968 #SpaceRace: #ZondProgram: #Zond5, 1st #Spacecraft launched to #TheMoon to return, 1st to bring terrestrial life to #Moon's vicinity, returns to Earth.
#SpaceflightFirsts #SpaceSky
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September 21, 2026 at 2:46 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #July10, 1962 #Telstar aka #Telstar1 launched.
#SpaceflightFirsts #SpaceflightRecords #Satellites #CommunicationsSatellites #ATT #Spaceflight #NASA #NASAHistory #OuterSpace #TheTornados #JoeMeek #MusicSky
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Telstar
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July 10, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #August10, 1966 #RocketLaunches: #LunarOrbiter1 which took the first #PhotosOfEarthFromSpace/
#SpaceflightFirsts #OuterSpaceFirsts #SpaceflightRecords #Photography #Film #OuterSpace #OuterSpacePhotography #SpaceSky
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August 10, 2026 at 4:38 AM
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#OTD #TDIH July 10, 1962 #Telstar relays 1st public live #TransAtlantic program via #Satellite.
#SpaceflightFirsts #SpaceflightRecords #Satellites #ATT #Spaceflight #NASA #NASAHistory #OuterSpace #TheTornados #JoeMeek #MusicSky
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Telstar
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July 22, 2026 at 11:49 PM
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#OTD #TDIH #July10, 1962 #Telstar aka #Telstar1 launched.
#SpaceflightFirsts #SpaceflightRecords #Satellites #CommunicationsSatellites #ATT #Spaceflight #NASA #NASAHistory #OuterSpace #TheTornados #JoeMeek #MusicSky
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Telstar
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July 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #July16, 1969 #Apollo11 mission begins #SpaceflightFirsts #NeilArmstrong #MichaelCollins #BuzzAldrin #ProjectApollo #Spaceflight #NASA #NASAHistory #Moon #TheMoon #HumanSpaceflight
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As You Remember It: The Lift-Off of APOLLO 11
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July 16, 2026 at 11:33 AM
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#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #September 14, 1968 #SpaceRace: #ZondProgram: #Zond5, 1st #Spacecraft launched to #TheMoon to return, 1st to bring terrestrial life to #Moon's vicinity, #launched. #SpaceSky
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September 14, 2026 at 5:36 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #March27, 1968: #DOTD: #RIP: #YuriGagarin.
#Cosmonauts #SpaceflightFirsts #SpaceflightRecords #Soyuz1 #OuterSpace #SpaceExploration #SpaceRace #ColdWar #SpaceAge #Spaceflight #SovietSpaceProgram #RussianRightStuff #USSR #SpaceSky
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March 26, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #December14, 1962 #NASA's #Mariner2 becomes #FirstSpacecraft to successfully encounter another planet, sends information back from #Venus.
#MarinerProgram #SpaceflightFirsts #Spaceflight
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariner_2
December 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #July20: #NationalMoonDay observed.
#TheEagleHasLanded #Apollo11 #MoonLandings #NationalDays #NeilArmstrong #MichaelCollins #BuzzAldrin #Spaceflight #NASA #Moon #TheMoon #SpaceflightFirsts #SpaceflightRecords #SpaceSky #MoonSky
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July 19, 2026 at 11:10 PM
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#OTD #TDIH #January4, 1958: #Sputnik1, the first man-made #satellite, de-orbits and burns up in Earth's atmosphere.
#Sputnik #Spaceflight #SovietSpaceProgram #SpaceflightFirsts #Satellites #SpaceRace #SatelliteSKy #SpaceSky
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Sputnik, 1st Space Satellite Launched by Soviets 1957/10/7
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January 4, 2026 at 1:36 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #July24, 1950: #GrandOpenings #RocketLaunches: #CapeCanaveralAirForceStation inaugural launch: the #Bumper8 #RTVG4 #SoundingRocket to 400Km! #SpaceflightFirsts #CCAFS #CapeCanaveral #V2 #WACCorporal #AirTemperature #CosmicRays #Spaceflight
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July 24, 2026 at 12:28 PM
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#OTD #TDIH #December15, 1970: #Venera7 lands on #PlanetVenus, the 1st successful #SoftLanding on another planet & 1st #spacecraft to transmit from another #planet to #Earth. #VeneraProgram #Spaceflight #Probes #SpaceExploration #SpaceflightFirsts #Venus
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera_7
December 15, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #July21, 1969 #ApolloProgram #Apollo 11: #NeilArmstrong becomes 1st man to walk on #TheMoon.
#BuzzAldrin follows.
#SpaceflightFirsts #SpaceflightRecords #MoonWalks #Moon #MoonLanding #MannedMoonProgram #Spaceflight #NASA #MoonSky #SpaceSky
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Watch Neil Armstrong's first steps on the moon
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July 20, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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#OTD #TDIH #July20, 1969 #Apollo11 makes the 1st #MannedMoonLanding on #SeaOfTranquility.
#SpaceflightFirsts #NeilArmstrong #BuzzAldrin #MoonLandings #ApolloProgram #ProjectApollo #Spaceflight #NASA #TheMoon #TheEagleHasLanded #SpaceSky #MoonSky
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'The Eagle Has Landed'
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July 19, 2026 at 11:09 PM
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#OTD #TDIH #July24, 1969: #Apollo11 #SplashDowns.
#SpaceflightFirsts #Astronauts #NeilArmstrong #MichaelCollins #BuzzAldrin #MoonLanding #ApolloProgram #Spaceflight #NASA #Moon #TheMoon #HumanSpaceflight #HumanSpaceflightPrograms
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvdt...
Apollo 11 Splashdown: Celebrating 50 years, live stream
YouTube video by CBS News
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July 24, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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#OTD #TDIH #August23, 1966 #LunarOrbiter1 takes first #PhotosOfEarthFromSpace. #SpaceflightFirsts #OuterSpaceFirsts #SpaceflightRecords #Photography #Film #OuterSpace #OuterSpacePhotography #SpaceSky
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August 23, 2026 at 1:20 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #April1, 1960 #TIROS1 #satellite, 1st of the #WeatherSatellites, launched then transmits #FirstTVPictureFromSpace! #TIROS #TIROSSatellites #WeatherSatellites #SpaceflightFirsts #OuterSpaceFirsts #TVPicturesFromSpace #SpaceSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIROS-1
April 1, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #April1, 1960 #TIROS1 #satellite, 1st of the #WeatherSatellites, launched then transmits #FirstTVPictureFromSpace! #TIROS #TIROSSatellites #WeatherSatellites #SpaceflightFirsts #OuterSpaceFirsts #TVPicturesFromSpace
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIROS-1
April 1, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #December14, 1962 #NASA's #Mariner2 becomes #FirstSpacecraft to successfully encounter another planet, sends information back from #Venus.
#MarinerProgram #SpaceflightFirsts #Spaceflight
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariner_2
December 14, 2024 at 4:46 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #January4, 1958: #Sputnik1, the first man-made #satellite, de-orbits and burns up in Earth's atmosphere.
#Sputnik #Spaceflight #SovietSpaceProgram #SpaceflightFirsts #Satellites #SpaceRace
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Sputnik, 1st Space Satellite Launched by Soviets 1957/10/7
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January 4, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #March27, 1968: #DOTD: #RIP: #YuriGagarin.
#Cosmonauts #SpaceflightFirsts #SpaceflightRecords #Soyuz1 #OuterSpace #SpaceExploration #SpaceRace #ColdWar #SpaceAge #Spaceflight #SovietSpaceProgram #RussianRightStuff #USSR
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March 27, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #December15, 1970: #Venera7 lands on #PlanetVenus, the 1st successful #SoftLanding on another planet & 1st #spacecraft to transmit from another #planet to #Earth. #VeneraProgram #Spaceflight #Probes #SpaceExploration #SpaceflightFirsts #Venus
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera_7
December 15, 2024 at 5:05 AM