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[[1959]] - Project Vanguard: Vanguard 2 - The first weather satellite is launched to measure cloud-cover distribution. <br>
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[[1959]] - ''Vanguard 2'', the first weather [[satellite]], is launched to measure cloud-cover distribution. <br>
[[1965]] - Project Ranger: The Ranger 8 probe launches on its mission to photograph the Mare Tranquillitatis region of the Moon in preparation for the manned Apollo missions. The Mare Tranquillitatis or "Sea of Tranquility" would become the site chosen for the Apollo 11 lunar landing.<br>
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[[1965]] - The Ranger 8 probe launches on its mission to photograph the "Sea of Tranquility" region of [[Luna|the Moon]] in preparation for the manned Apollo missions. <br>
[[1996]] - NASA's Discovery Program begins as the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft lifts off on the first mission ever to orbit and land upon an asteroid, 433 Eros.<br />
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[[2021]] - Scientists report the first sequencing of [[DNA]] from animal remains more than a million years old – in this case of a mammoth. <br>
[[2402]] - The [[USS Dauntless, BC-1553]] is launched from the San Francisco Shipyards, with Matthew Thrawn as commanding officer.
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[[2402]] - The [[USS Dauntless, BC-1553]] is launched from the San Francisco Shipyards, with [[Thrawn, Matthew|Matthew Thrawn]] as commanding officer. <br>
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Revision as of 08:33, 26 March 2023

1959 - Vanguard 2, the first weather satellite, is launched to measure cloud-cover distribution.
1965 - The Ranger 8 probe launches on its mission to photograph the "Sea of Tranquility" region of the Moon in preparation for the manned Apollo missions.
2021 - Scientists report the first sequencing of DNA from animal remains more than a million years old – in this case of a mammoth.
2402 - The USS Dauntless, BC-1553 is launched from the San Francisco Shipyards, with Matthew Thrawn as commanding officer.