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Notable Unmanned Spaceflight Anniversaries, ponder the past...raise a glass...
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post Jul 14 2008, 02:33 PM
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Mariner 4 returns the 1st flyby images of Mars


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post Jul 20 2008, 07:09 AM
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Just passed midnight here in Los Angeles, now 20 Jul...happy 39th anniversary of Apollo 11's landing, and also happy 32nd of Viking 1's landing!


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post Jul 20 2008, 08:09 AM
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QUOTE (nprev @ Jul 20 2008, 07:09 AM) *
Just passed midnight here in Los Angeles, now 20 Jul...happy 39th anniversary of Apollo 11's landing, and also happy 32nd of Viking 1's landing!

The heroes of those times.
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- PDP8E   Notable Unmanned Spaceflight Anniversaries   Jul 14 2008, 02:33 PM
- - nprev   July 20, 1976: Viking 1 touches down on Mars, foll...   Jul 15 2008, 01:20 AM
- - PhilCo126   15th July 1972: Pioneer 10 becomes the first unman...   Jul 15 2008, 05:16 PM
- - PhilCo126   Not directly spaceflight, but this year we're ...   Jul 15 2008, 05:23 PM
- - nprev   Just passed midnight here in Los Angeles, now 20 J...   Jul 20 2008, 07:09 AM
|- - peter59   QUOTE (nprev @ Jul 20 2008, 07:09 AM) Jus...   Jul 20 2008, 08:09 AM
- - nprev   Heroes indeed... ...and very human, which is real...   Jul 20 2008, 08:39 AM
- - PhilCo126   Well, some 1970s VIKING team photos for comparison...   Jul 20 2008, 02:46 PM
- - PhilCo126   Sixty years ago, Edwin Hubble was featured on the ...   Jul 21 2008, 07:56 PM

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