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Revision as of 23:53, 3 April 2023
1960 – Tiros 1, the first successful weather satellite, is launched by the United States. Two television cameras in the satellite returned views of clouds above the Earth. Tiros 1 was only operational for 78 days, but proved that satellites could be useful tools for surveying weather conditions from space.
1997 – Comet Hale-Bopp is seen passing over perihelion.
2003 – A banteng (cattle) delivered in the United States is the second successful cloning of an endangered species, and the first such clone to survive beyond infancy.
