I haven't done one of these in quite some time. Home early, the
He would have liked this
57 years ago, in 1966:
Lunar Orbiter 2 goes into orbit around the Moon.
Lunar Orbiter 2
56 years ago, in 1967:
Surveyor 6 lands on the Moon.
Surveyor 6
55 years ago, in 1968:
Zond 6 is launched to the Moon from a parent satellite in Earth orbit.
Zond 6
53 years ago, in 1970:
The Luna 17/Lunokhod 1 rover combo is launched to the Moon.
Luna 17/Lunokhod 1
51 years ago, in 1972:
Canada's Anik A1 communications satellite is launched.
"The first domestic communications satellite to be placed in orbit".
Yay Canada
Anik A1
15 years ago, in 2008:
Phoenix Mars Mission is declared concluded after attempts at contact fail.
Phoenix Mars Mission
14 years ago, in 2009:
The Poisk docking module is launched to the
The Poisk docking module
5 years ago, in 2018:
Rocket Lab successfully launches their first commercial rocket, "It's Business Time", and deploys six satellites and a technology demonstrator for space debris.
It's Business Time
5 years ago, in 2018:
Using the Japanese Subaru 8-metre telescope, astronomers discover 2018 VG18 (Farout) with a distance from the Sun at about 11 billion miles (18 billion kilometres).
2018 VG18
I have nothing yet in my "database" beyond 2019. With everything new happening, that would be a seperate entity
Hava a good day/night all!
