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#OTD in 1973 (53 years ago) the Soyuz-U rocket launched for the first time.
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#OTD in 1991 (35 years ago) Soyuz TM-12 launched.
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#OTD in 1969 (57 years ago) Apollo 10 launched from LC-39B on Cape Canaveral with Thomas Stafford, John Young, and Eugene Cernan onboard.
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#OTD in 1969 (57 years ago) Venera 6 entered the atmosphere of Venus. It operated until reaching an altitude of 11km.
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#OTD in 1969 (57 years ago) Venera 5 entered the atmosphere of Venus. It returned atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure at an altitude of about 26km.
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#OTD in 2011 (15 years ago) STS-134 (Endeavour) launched. This was the final flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour.
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#OTD in 1987 (39 years ago) Soviet Energia rocket launched for the first time, it carried the Polyus satellite.
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#OTD in 1960 (66 years ago) the Vostok rocket launched for the first time.
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#OTD in 2012 (14 years ago) Soyuz TMA-04M launched.
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#OTD in 1997 (29 years ago) STS-84 (Atlantis) launched.
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#OTD in 1963 (63 years ago) Mercury-Atlas 9 launched with Gordon Cooper onboard. This was the longest and also the last mission of the Mercury program.
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#OTD in 2021 (5 years ago) China's Tianwen-1 lander successfullly landed on Mars.
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#OTD in 2010 (16 years ago) STS-132 (Atlantis) launched.
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#OTD in 1981 (45 years ago) Soyuz 40 launched on a Soyuz 7K-T. It carried Leonid Popov and Dumitru Prunariu, docking with Salyut 6.
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#OTD in 1973 (53 years ago) Saturn V launched for the final time. Its payload was the Skylab space station.
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#OTD in 1982 (44 years ago) Soyuz T-5 launched on a Soyuz T. It carried Anatoli Berezovoy and Valentin Lebedev, docking with Salyut 7. It landed with Leonid Popov, Alexandr Serebov, and Svetlana Savitskaya.
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#OTD in 1969 (57 years ago) Soviet Mars 2M No.521/Mars 1969A, meant to orbit Mars, was launched aboard a Proton-K. The launch wasn't successful.
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#OTD in 1969 (57 years ago) NASA's Mariner 7 was launched aboard an Atlas Centaur to perform a Mars flyby.
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#OTD in 1972 (54 years ago) Venera 8 was launched to Venus by the Soviet Union.
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#OTD in 2015 (11 years ago) Soyuz TMA-16M launched.
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