Author: Elisa Neckar

Robotic Spaceflight, Today in the History of Astronomy

Dec. 9, 1978: The Pioneer Venus Multiprobe reaches Venus

Robotic Spaceflight, Today in the History of Astronomy

Dec. 8, 1990 & 1992: Galileo flies by Earth (twice)

Robotic Spaceflight, Today in the History of Astronomy

Dec. 6, 1957: Vanguard TV3 explodes

Human Spaceflight, Today in the History of Astronomy

Dec. 5, 1993: Service on the Hubble begins

Human Spaceflight, This Week in Astronomy

Dec. 4, 1998: The Unity Module launches

Robotic Spaceflight, Today in the History of Astronomy

Dec. 2, 1971: Mars 3 lands on the Red Planet

Today in the History of Astronomy

Dec. 1, 2020: The Arecibo telescope collapses

Today in the History of Astronomy

Nov. 30, 1954: The first known human injury via a meteorite

Today in the History of Astronomy

Nov. 29, 1803: The birth of Christian Doppler

Today in the History of Astronomy

Nov. 28, 1659: Huygens draws Mars

Today in the History of Astronomy

Nov. 27, 2001: NASA announces an exoplanet atmosphere

Today in the History of Astronomy

Nov. 25, 1783: The birth of Claude-Louis Mathieu