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A CHIMP IN SPACE ON THIS DAY IN 1961

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enos postcard

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LAUNCH OF MARINER 4 ON THIS DAY IN 1964

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Mariner 4 was a space probe, launched from Cape Kennedy on Saturday, November 28, 1964. It performed the first successful flyby of the planet Mars, returning the first pictures of the Martian surface to Earth (as shown below). Communications with Mariner 4 were terminated on December 21, 1967. 

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APOLLO SPLASHDOWN ON THIS DAY IN 1969

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SECOND MOON LANDING ON THIS DAY IN 1969

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Apollo 12
astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean made man’s second
landing on the moon.

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Apollo 12
crew, Charles ‘Pete’ Conrad (left), Richard Gordon (center)
and Alan Bean (right)

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SIXTH MANNED SPACE FLIGHT ON THIS DAY IN 1969

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Apollo 12 was the second manned space flight in the Apollo program. It was
launched on November 14th and ended with a successful splashdown on the
24th of November. Key objectives were achieved including thirty one hours
of lunar surface activity.

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