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  1. On This Day November 12 1980 – The Space Probe Voyager Made Its Closest Approach to Saturn

    On This Day November 12 1980 – The Space Probe Voyager Made Its Closest Approach to Saturn

    On this day November 12 1980, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft made its closest approach to Saturn, passing just 77,000 miles above the planet’s cloud tops. The encounter provided humanity with its most detailed view of the gas giant and its magnificent ring system at the time. The mission revealed...
  2. On This Day November 12 1981 – For the First Time a Manned Spacecraft Was Launched Into Space Twice

    On This Day November 12 1981 – For the First Time a Manned Spacecraft Was Launched Into Space Twice

    On this day November 12 1981, NASA made history with the launch of the Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS 2, marking the first time in history that a manned spacecraft was reused and launched into orbit twice. Commanded by astronaut Joe Engle with pilot Richard Truly, the mission proved that...
  3. On This Day October 11 1984 - Kathryn D. Sullivan Became the First American Woman to Space Walk

    On This Day October 11 1984 - Kathryn D. Sullivan Became the First American Woman to Space Walk

    On this day October 11 1984, NASA astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan made history when she became the first American woman to perform a space walk. During the Space Shuttle Challenger’s STS-41-G mission, she stepped outside the shuttle to test new equipment and techniques that would later be used to...
  4. On This Day September 29, 1988 – NASA Launched Their First Mission Since the Challenger Disaster

    On This Day September 29, 1988 – NASA Launched Their First Mission Since the Challenger Disaster

    On this day September 29, 1988 NASA launched the Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-26 mission, marking the agency’s first mission since the Challenger disaster in January 1986. The launch represented a pivotal moment in the history of the space program, restoring confidence in NASA and...
  5. On This Day August 25 1989 – The Voyager 2 Spacecraft Made Its Closest Approach to Neptune

    On This Day August 25 1989 – The Voyager 2 Spacecraft Made Its Closest Approach to Neptune

    On this day August 25 1989, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft completed its grand tour of the outer planets by making its closest approach to Neptune. After a journey of more than a decade, it passed just 3 thousand miles above the blue planet’s north pole, offering humanity its first close-up look at...
  6. On This Day August 25 1981 – The Voyager 2 Spacecraft Made Its Closest Approach to Saturn

    On This Day August 25 1981 – The Voyager 2 Spacecraft Made Its Closest Approach to Saturn

    On this day August 25 1981, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft made its closest approach to Saturn, flying within 41 thousand kilometers of the gas giant. Launched in 1977, Voyager 2 had already passed by Jupiter in 1979 and was continuing its historic journey through the outer solar system. The...
  7. On This Day: March 22 1982 NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia Launched on Its Third Mission (STS-3)

    On This Day: March 22 1982 NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia Launched on Its Third Mission (STS-3)

    On this day March 22 1982 NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia was launched from Kennedy Space Center on its third mission STS-3. This was Columbia's final test flight before operational missions began marking another major step in the Space Shuttle program. The mission was piloted by Commander Jack...
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