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It marked the moment when humanity realized that the Solar System extended farther into space than previously known.
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#History #Astronomy #Pluto #SpaceDiscovery #OnThisDay #SpaceHistory
William Herschel discovers Uranus in 1781
🔭 DISCOVERY OF A NEW WORLD
March 13, 1781 — In the quiet English countryside, astronomer William Herschel peers through his reflector telescope and changes astronomy forever. What began as a survey of stars reveals a faint greenish-blue disc — the planet […]
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🛰️ FIRST COSMONAUTS BOARD MIR SPACE STATION
March 13, 1986 — In the cold silence of orbit, Soviet cosmonauts Leonid Kizim and Vladimir Solovyov pilot the Soyuz T15 toward humanity's newest outpost. The Mir space station, a gleaming cylindrical marvel of Soviet engineering, awaits its first crew […]
STOP: The 1962 Secret That Broke Earth’s Shield 🌌
Journey into the Cold War test that lit up the night sky shook the magnetosphere and changed space forever. 🚀🛰️
https://youtu.be/FJyA4XszMdA
#SpaceHistory #ColdWar #EarthScience #StarfishPrime
🚀📡 ESA-onderzoeksbeurs voor postdoctorale studies 2026
De @esa.int t en het Historisch Archief van de Europese Unie bieden twee beurzen aan voor postdoctorale en beginnende onderzoekers die gebruikmaken van ESA-archieven.
📅 Aanmelden van 9 maart tot 15 mei
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Scholars consulting archival documents at the HAEU
🚀📡 ESA Post-graduate Research Grant 2026
The @esa.int & the Historical Archives of the European Union offer 2 grants for postgraduate & early-career researchers using ESA archives.
📅 Apply 9 Mar–15 May
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🔗 More info
Milestone Monday March 9th, 1934 On this day in 1934, Yuri Gagarin, the first person to journey to outer space, was born in the USSR. Gagarin's historic flight was on April 12th, 1961, lasted for 108 minutes, and he made one complete orbit around the Earth. Photo credit text: Mil.ru, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yuri_Gagarin_with_awards.jpg vintage.computer
Milestone Monday 🚀
March 9, 1934: Yuri Gagarin was born. In 1961 he became the first human in space aboard Vostok 1, orbiting Earth once during a 108-minute flight. A defining moment in both space exploration and computing history.
#VintageComputing #SpaceHistory
One year ago this week! Europe’s newest rocket, Ariane 6, was launched for the second time from Europe’s Spaceport on 6 March 2025 - the first commercial flight for Ariane 6, flight VA263! #Space #History #SpaceHistory @transport.esa.int
🚀 VOLCANOES ON ANOTHER WORLD
March 8, 1979 — 700 million kilometers from Earth, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft makes an extraordinary discovery: active volcanoes erupting on Io, one of Jupiter's moons. The spacecraft's cameras capture brilliant plumes of […]
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Sixty years on, humanity's first touch of another planet marks an unlikely milestone
#VeneraProgram #Venus #SovietSpace #SpaceHistory #AusNews
thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-07-sixty...
To Colonel Aldrin In the hope that he will catch up with my output and think enough of it for us to have that drink still in New York. Cheers Norman Mailer Nov 1970
Also, if anyone knows Buzz Aldrin, could you please let him know that we have his copy of Norman Mailer’s Of a Fire on the Moon?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Of_a_Fi...
#Apollo11 #SpaceHistory
De la iconografía estática a la simulación dinámica. 🎞️➡️🎥
Hemos recreado la transición del Gagarin "mediático" al Gagarin "operativo" en la Vostok 1. La animación facial y la integración con el entorno de la cabina buscan la máxima fidelidad histórica.
#DigitalPreservation #SpaceHistory #MemoriaViva
March 3, 1969: Apollo 9 launches, first crewed test of the Lunar Module.
I still remember my first Factory Test Readiness Review and how everything took the wrong direction afterward 😅
#OnThisDay #Apollo #SpaceHistory
Second NYU Space Talk of season XI coming up on 10 March 2026: Piero Messina on Italy's participation in Spacelab
For details and to register ➔ space.talks.com
#spacetalks #astroculture #spacehistory
Space Shuttle Discovery launches on its final mission STS-133 from Kennedy Space Center on February 24, 2011
🚀 SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY'S FINAL FLIGHT
February 24, 2011 — NASA's most-flown spacecraft roars into the Florida sky one last time. Space Shuttle Discovery, veteran of 39 missions spanning 27 years, ascends on a pillar of fire and steam toward the […]
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The last Saturn V flew May 14, 1973. Without von Braun, NASA’s Artemis 2 SLS copies Apollo-era design, Orion still splashes down with parachutes. Soyuz remains basically the same since 1966—no real evolution beyond the V2 legacy. #NASA #Artemis #SLS #Soyuz #SaturnV #SpaceHistory
On Feb 20, 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth—3 orbits aboard Friendship 7. Beyond space history, it shows how national challenges can mobilize public learning and action. Explore the story: civicsforlife.org/john-glenn-o... #civicsforlife #SpaceHistory
John Glenn made history as the first American to orbit Earth aboard Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962. #RandomFact #DailyFact #SpaceHistory #NASA #JohnGlenn
Перший американець на орбіті
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#ДжонГленн #КосмічнаГонка #МісіяМеркурій #ІсторіяКосмосу #NASA
#JohnGlenn #SpaceRace #MercuryAtlas6 #SpaceHistory #NASA
Now in paperback! Highlights the importance of collaboration in space as an antidote to Cold War hostilities and in the development of science and technology in the twentieth century. See here ➡️ tinyurl.com/snrp3ab6 @calstate.bsky.social #SpaceCollaboration #SpaceHistory #AnthemPress
Don’t miss this gripping story and essential piece of history!
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#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #BlackFutures #NASA #Space #SpaceHistory #Friendship7 #MoonLanding #HiddenFigures #Math #Computers #Mathematics #Technology #TechnologyHistory #History #BlackWomenLead #NPtech
Europe's uncrewed logistics spacecraft was launched to the International Space Station on 16 February 2011 on Ariane 5 flight V200
ATV Johannes Kepler approach against a black background of space seen by ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli from the International Space Station.
#OTD 15 years ago! 16 February 2011, launch of @esa.int's second Automated Transfer Vehicle, ATV Johannes Kepler, on
Ariane 5 V200 from Europe's Spaceport to the ISS.
www.esa.int/Science_Expl... @exploration.esa.int @cnes.fr @transport.esa.int #Space #History #SpaceHistory
To Fly Free in Space: Astronaut Bruce McCandless II Experienced the First Untethered Spacewalk, Floating Fearlessly Beyond the Shuttle Cargo Bay with a Manned Maneuvering Unit Propelled by Nitrogen Jets. #NASA #Astronauts #SpaceHistory #Exploration
Launch of STS-99
Astronaut Gerhard Thiele seated a T-38 jet cockpit wearing blue ESA flying suit
STS-99 crew, from left, Dom Gorie, Mamoru Mohri, Janice Voss, Kevin Kregel, Janet Kavand and ESA's Gerhard Thiele.
#OTD 11 February 2000, the launch of German ESA astronaut Gerhard Thiele on Space Shuttle #Endeavour STS-99 on the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM).
www.nasa.gov/mission/sts-... #Space #History #SpaceHistory
How Not Killing Three Guys in a Tin Can Accidentally Invented Cybersecurity
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#Cybersecurity #ZeroTrust #IncidentResponse #IdentitySecurity #DigitalResilience
#Apollo11 #SpaceHistory #CloudSecurity #SOC #RiskManagement
#DefenseInDepth #Leadership #DataIntegrity
Kosmos 954 is a wild reminder that the Cold War wasn’t just missiles and spies- it was nuclear tech literally falling out of the sky. When space hardware goes wrong, it doesn’t respect borders. #ColdWar #SpaceHistory #NationalSecurity www.businessinsider.com/flashback-so...
Lost on the Moon: A beach-ball robot 🤖 sent the 1st pic from another world! Two teams hunt for Luna 9’s remains…but disagree! 🌙 #SpaceHistory
Source: science.slashdot.org/story/26/02/10/1834214/l...
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#JohnGlenn #NASA #Friendship7 #SpaceHistory #Mercury7 #Astronaut #Orbit #SpaceExploration #FirstAmerican #GodspeedJohnGlenn
View of the Solar Orbiter fairing and launch vehicle taken during rollout from the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 in February 2020.
Night launch of ESA's Solar Orbiter spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida in February 2020.
#OTD 10 February 2020, @esa.int’s Sun-exploring Solar Orbiter spacecraft was launched on a US Atlas V411 rocket from Cape Canaveral, its mission to explore the Sun up close (pics: ULA & ESA/S.Corvaja) #Space #History #SpaceHistory
www.esa.int/Science_Expl... @science.esa.int
First NYU Space Talk of season XI coming up on 17 February 2026: anthropologist Valerie A. Olson (UC Irvine) on contemporary astropreneurs
For details and to register ➔ space.talks.com
#spacetalks #astroculture #spacehistory #elonmusk
