FUN FACT: There's an asteroid named 2309 Mr. Spock, and it's not what you think. It's named after a cat, not the logical Vulcan from Star Trek. The cat's owner, an astronomer, couldn't resist. Nowadays, naming guidelines frown upon pet-inspired names.

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51 years ago today: Soviet Space Program launched Luna-24a on Proton-K/D-1.

The flight is recorded as failure.

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We've catalogued every orbital rocket launch since Sputnik in 1957, linking each to live-tracked satellites. Search by year, vehicle or country—decades at your fingertips.

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One sandwich got the head of NASA demanding a report. 🔭

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Gene Cernan's faceplate was fogging up as he fought to stay in place outside Gemini 9, in June 1966.
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Day 14 #SpacetoberChallenge The "Visions of the Future" poster collection from NASA/JPL illustrated a joyful, retro-futuristic view of #SpaceHistory. This still from our animated #SciArt music video, Potion: Dark Matter, shows the "historic sites" on Mars. youtu.be/Tlng_7g_2wE?...

🌙 Twelve Humans Have Walked on the Moon. None Since 1972.

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79 years ago today: Through the sound barrier.

Chuck Yeager flew the Bell X-1 past Mach 1 over the Mojave with two broken ribs. 32 orbital launches have flown on this date.

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Before we knew galaxies existed, Charles Messier found a swirling cosmic neighbor on this day in 1773. #SpaceHistory sugataai.com/blog/on-this...

Endeavour stands vertical at the California Science Center—the first time the public can stand beneath a complete, launch-ready shuttle stack. #SpaceShuttle #Endeavour #NASA #SpaceHistory

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📺 Margaret Hamilton, NASA Software Pioneer, Dies at 90.

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FUN FACT: Valentina Tereshkova flew solo into space in June 1963, aged 26. She orbited Earth 48 times, more than all American astronauts before her combined! 31,444 objects in orbit now, but she was truly stellar. Explore more: orbitalradar.com/satellite-… #SpaceHistory…

🚀 It started with a beeping metal sphere. Now we're going back to the Moon.

In less than 70 years, we went from launching a beeping ball to operating a space telescope 1.5 million km from Earth.

What's your favourite milestone? 👇

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67 years ago today: NASA launched Explorer 7 on Juno II.

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In 1959, Luna 3 captured the first images of the Moon’s far side.

According to NASA history, the film came from Project Genetrix, a U.S. spy-balloon program.

Soviet spacecraft. American spy film. Moon history. 🌑

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Something hit the shuttle window. It was almost too small to see.
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