It's been 3963 days
since New Horizons'
closest approach
to Pluto on
July 14, 2015.
It's been 2696 days
since New Horizons'
closest approach
to 2014 MU69 on
January 1, 2019.
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60th day of Spring
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163 years ago, in 1804:
Karl Ludwig Harding of Germany discovers the asteroid Juno.
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108 years ago, in 1859:
First day of the Carrington Event; one of the most powerful geomagnetic solar storms on record.
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5 years ago, in 1962:
The Sputnik 20 (Venera 2MV-1 No.2) atmospheric probe is launched for Venus, but its escape stage fails.
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108 years ago, in 1859:
Second day of the Carrington Event; one of the most powerful geomagnetic solar storms on record.
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9 years ago, in 1958:
Explorer 4's low-power transmitter fails.
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285 years ago, in 1682:
English astronomer Edmond Halley first observes the comet that will be named after him.
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5 years ago, in 1962:
Mariner 2 performs the first rocket maneuver in deep space on its way to Venus.
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3 years ago, in 1964:
NASA launches its first Orbital Geophysical Observatory (OGO-1).
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5 years ago, in 1962:
The descent module of Korabl-Sputnik 1 (Sputnik 4) re-enters Earths atmosphere.
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20 years ago, in 1947:
The U.S. Navy launches a German V-2 rocket at sea from the aircraft carrier USS Midway, where it splashes down 10 km (6 miles) away.
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1 year ago, in 1966:
Star Trek premieres on CTV in Canada.
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183 years ago, in 1784:
William Herschel discovers NGC 16, a lenticular galaxy located in the Pegasus constellation.
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1 year ago, in 1966:
Star Trek premieres on NBC in America.
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This year:
Surveyor 5 is launched for the Moon.
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75 years ago, in 1892:
Edward Barnard discovers the fifth moon of Jupiter, Amalthea, using the Lick 36-inch refractor.
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183 years ago, in 1784:
William Herschel discovers NGC 23, a spiral galaxy in the Pegasus constellation.
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109 years ago, in 1858:
George Mary Searle, an American astronomer and Catholic priest, discovers asteroid 55 Pandora.
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This year:
Surveyor 5 lands, and is the first craft to do a soil analysis on the Moon, or any other world beyond Earth.
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8 years ago, in 1959:
Luna 2 is launched to the Moon.
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5 years ago, in 1962:
The Sputnik 21 (Venera 2MV-2 No.1) probe is launched for Venus, but its third stage explodes.
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1 year ago, in 1966:
Gemini XI is launched; reaches record altitude of 739 miles, completes 44 orbits.
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8 years ago, in 1959:
Luna 2 is the first craft to impact into the Moon.
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1 year ago, in 1966:
Gemini XI lands back on Earth.
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119 years ago, in 1848:
William Bond, his son George, and William Lassell co-discover one of Saturn's moons, Hyperion.
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18 years ago, in 1949:
Aboard a US-launched V-2, Albert III, a long-tailed macaque, dies when the rocket explodes ten seconds after launch.
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178 years ago, in 1789:
William Herschel discovers a moon of Saturn, Mimas.
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181 years ago, in 1786:
William Herschel discovers NGC 14, an irregular galaxy in the Pegasus constellation.
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3 years ago, in 1964:
AS-102 (SA-7), is successfully launched, carrying the second 'boilerplate' version of the Apollo spacecraft.
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2 years ago, in 1965:
Comet Ikeya–Seki (C/1965 S1, Great Comet of 1965) is discovered independently by Kaoru Ikeya and Tsutomu Seki.
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1 year ago, in 1966:
Surveyor 2 is launched for the Moon.
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121 years ago, in 1846:
Johann Galle discovers the planet Neptune, based on calculations by Urbain Le Verrier.
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9 years ago, in 1958:
Intended for a lunar impact, the Soviets launch Luna E-1 No.1 (Luna 1958A), but the rocket disintegrates 92 seconds after launch.
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1 year ago, in 1966:
Surveyor 2 loses control due to a malfunctioning thruster and crashes into the Moon.
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7 years ago, in 1960:
Pioneer P-30 (Atlas-Able 5A, Pioneer Y) is launched for a lunar orbit, but the mission fails due to a second stage malfunction.
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This year:
Soyuz 7K-L1 No.4L (Zond 1967A) is launched to perform a circumlunar flyby, but fails to achieve Earth orbit.
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16 years ago, in 1951:
Seth Barnes Nicholson discovers on of Jupiter's moons, Ananke.
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5 years ago, in 1962:
Alouette I makes Canada the third nation to build and the fourth nation to launch a satellite (and still orbiting).
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83 years ago, in 1884:
243 Ida, a minor planet in the inner asteroid belt, is discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa at the Vienna Observatory.
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87 years ago, in 1880:
Using an 11 inch Clark Brothers photographic refractor, Henry Draper is the first person to photograph the Orion Nebula.
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