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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 October 5 1984 – Marc Garneau Became the First Canadian in Space

    On This Day October 5 1984 – Marc Garneau Became the First Canadian in Space

    On this day October 5 1984, Marc Garneau made history by becoming the first Canadian astronaut to travel into space. He launched aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger on the STS-41-G mission, a groundbreaking flight that advanced scientific research and highlighted Canada’s growing role in space...
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    • Category: On This Day in 80s Music
  3. 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...
  4. On This Day July 25 1984 – Soviet Cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya Became the First Woman to Walk in Space

    On This Day July 25 1984 – Soviet Cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya Became the First Woman to Walk in Space

    On this day July 25 1984, Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya made history as the first woman to perform a spacewalk. While aboard the Salyut 7 space station, she spent over three hours outside the spacecraft conducting welding experiments in orbit. Savitskaya had already become the second...
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    • 1980s history 1984 events cold war era salyut 7 soviet union space exploration spacewalks svetlana savitskaya women in space
    • Category: On This Day in 80s News
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