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Mariner 9 successfully entered Mars orbit #OTD in 1971, beating the Soviet Mars 2 spacecraft which had an 11-day head start, to become the first spacecraft to orbit another planet! Taking over 7,000 pictures, Mariner 9 mapped 85% of Mars's surface. More: go.nasa.gov/3zZ4zTe #NASAhistory nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/…

In Depth | Mariner 09 – NASA Solar System Exploration

NASA’s real-time science encyclopedia of deep space exploration. Our scientists and far-ranging robots explore the wild frontiers of our solar system.
NASA Solar System Exploration
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A near miss! 🆘 #OTD in 1962, research pilot Jack McKay made a crash landing of the X-15 #2 aircraft after an engine failure. McKay sustained injuries but eventually recovered and returned to flying and the craft was repaired and returned to service: go.nasa.gov/3UfP41l #NASAhistory nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/…

X-15 #2 Crash Landing

NASA research pilot Jack McKay was injured in a crash landing of the X-15 #2 on November 9, 1962.
NASA
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Defective satellites now 25% off! #OTD in 1984, STS-51A launched on a mission to show that the Shuttle orbiters could be used to retrieve malfunctioning satellites in orbit and return them to Earth. 2 satellites were brought back and refurbished. More: go.nasa.gov/3heifTx #NASAhistory nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/…

35 Years Ago: STS-51A – “The Ace Repo Company”

Kelli Mars (NASA)
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Lifting off at 10:10am #OTD in 1981, Space Shuttle Columbia made its second trip to space for STS-2 with astronauts Joe Engle and Richard Truly on board. It was also Truly's birthday! What better way to celebrate than making your first trip to space. #HappyBirthday Richard Truly! #NASAhistory nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/…
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Gemini ✅ Next up, Apollo At 3:46 PM #OTD in 1966, the last mission of the ♊ Program, Gemini XII, launched from Cape Canaveral! Jim Lovell and Buzz Aldrin successfully docked with the Agena target vehicle and Aldrin performed 3 spacewalks. Learn more: go.nasa.gov/3TsDAq3 #NASAhistory nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/…

55 Years Ago: Gemini XII Closes Out a Successful Program

The primary objectives of Project Gemini included proving the techniques required for the Apollo Program to fulfill President John F. Kennedy’s goal of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth before the end of the 1960s.
Kelli Mars (NASA)
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Voyager 1's Saturn #photography: 💯 @NASAVoyager 1 flew by Saturn #OTD in 1980, discovering 3 moons (Atlas, Prometheus & Pandora) and taking this shot as it sped by on its way out of our solar system. Learn more about Voyager's rendezvous with Saturn: go.nasa.gov/3UEm8jP #NASAhistory nitter.net/NASAhistory/status/…

Voyager - Saturn Approach

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#OtD 19 Aug 1936 the gay socialist poet Federico García Lorca was executed a month after the Spanish civil war commenced. "I will always be on the side of those who have nothing and who are not even allowed to enjoy the nothing they have in peace." workingclasshistory.com/2020/0…

E39-40: The Spanish civil war – an introduction

Double podcast episode where we give a brief general overview of the Spanish civil war and revolution which broke out after the attempted military coup by right-wing general Francisco Franco 1936-1…
Working Class History
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#OtD 8 Aug 1942 Spanish civil war veteran Maria Perez Cruz was executed by the Franco regime on trumped up charges. A former nurse in the anarchist Iron Column militia, she was arrested in 1939 charged with various offences. More in this short biography: libcom.org/history/perez-maria…

Perez, Maria, 1917-1942, aka La Jabalina

A short biography of Spanish anarchist Maria Perez, who fought with the Iron Column and was murdered by the Francoists in 1942
libcom.org
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