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CLOSEST ENCOUNTER ON THIS DAY IN 1973

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Artist’s impression of Pioneer 10‍ ‘​s flyby of Jupiter.

Pioneer 10, launched on March 3, 1972, was an American space probe that 
became the first spacecraft to achieve escape velocity from the Solar System
and completed the first flyby mission of the planet Jupiter. Radio communications
were lost with Pioneer 10 on January 23, 2003, because of the loss of electric
power for its radio transmitter.

        

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RECAPPING PAST NEWS EVENTS

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Ed Donahue


Joseph Raymond "Joe" McCarthy
(November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957)

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CHIMP ORBITS EARTH ON THIS DAY IN 1961

Mercury-Atlas 5 was a unmanned spaceflight of the Mercury program. It
was launched on November 29, 1961 with
Enos the chimpanzee (above)
aboard. He was the second chimp in space.
The craft orbited the Earth
twice and splashed down about 200 miles
south of Bermuda. Enos died
of dysentery the following year on November 4th.

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SUCCESSFUL RETURN ON THIS DAY IN 1969


Apollo 12 landed safely in the Pacific Ocean bringing an end to the
second manned mission to the moon.

The Apollo 12 mission was the sixth manned flight in the U.S. Apollo program
and the second to land on the Moon. It was launched on November 14. The
Commander, Charles "Pete" Conrad and Lunar Module Pilot Alan L. Bean 
performed just over one day and seven hours of lunar surface activity while
Command Module Pilot Richard F. Gordon remained in lunar orbit.
 

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 Apollo 12 crew.jpg  
From left to right: Conrad, Gordon, Bean.
        
       

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PROBE LAUNCHED ON THIS DAY IN 1977

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Voyager 1 space probe was launched by NASA as part of the Voyager program
to study the outer Solar System. It was launched 16 days after its twin, Voyager
2
. Having operated for 37 years, 11 months and 28 days, the spacecraft still communicates with the Deep Space Network to receive routine commands and
return data. As of this year, it is the farthest spacecraft from Earth.

             VOYAGER 1, ABOARD TITAN/CENTAUR-6 LIFTED OFF ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1977, JOINGING ITS SISTER SPACECRAFT, VOYAGER 2, ON A MISSION TO THE OUTER PLANETS.


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