#SpaceflightFirsts

J.C. Kælin

@jckaelin.bsky.social

2 months ago

Sputnik, 1st Space Satellite Launched by Soviets 1957/10/7 YouTube video by UniversalNewsreels

#OTD #TDIH #January4, 1958: #Sputnik1, the first man-made #satellite, de-orbits and burns up in Earth's atmosphere.
#Sputnik #Spaceflight #SovietSpaceProgram #SpaceflightFirsts #Satellites #SpaceRace #SatelliteSKy #SpaceSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDRD...

J.C. Kælin

@jckaelin.bsky.social

3 months ago

#OTD #TDIH #December15, 1970: #Venera7 lands on #PlanetVenus, the 1st successful #SoftLanding on another planet & 1st #spacecraft to transmit from another #planet to #Earth. #VeneraProgram #Spaceflight #Probes #SpaceExploration #SpaceflightFirsts #Venus
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera_7

J.C. Kælin

@jckaelin.bsky.social

3 months ago

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #December14, 1962 #NASA's #Mariner2 becomes #FirstSpacecraft to successfully encounter another planet, sends information back from #Venus.
#MarinerProgram #SpaceflightFirsts #Spaceflight
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariner_2

J.C. Kælin

@jckaelin.bsky.social

8 months ago

Telstar YouTube video by The Tornados - Topic

#OTD #TDIH #July10, 1962 #Telstar aka #Telstar1 launched.
#SpaceflightFirsts #SpaceflightRecords #Satellites #CommunicationsSatellites #ATT #Spaceflight #NASA #NASAHistory #OuterSpace #TheTornados #JoeMeek #MusicSky
youtu.be/BkZupnpcmVg?...

J.C. Kælin

@jckaelin.bsky.social

11 months ago

#OTD #TDIH #April1, 1960 #TIROS1 #satellite, 1st of the #WeatherSatellites, launched then transmits #FirstTVPictureFromSpace! #TIROS #TIROSSatellites #WeatherSatellites #SpaceflightFirsts #OuterSpaceFirsts #TVPicturesFromSpace
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIROS-1

J.C. Kælin

@jckaelin.bsky.social

11 months ago

#OTD #TDIH #March27, 1968: #DOTD: #RIP: #YuriGagarin.
#Cosmonauts #SpaceflightFirsts #SpaceflightRecords #Soyuz1 #OuterSpace #SpaceExploration #SpaceRace #ColdWar #SpaceAge #Spaceflight #SovietSpaceProgram #RussianRightStuff #USSR
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Ga...

J.C. Kælin

@jckaelin.bsky.social

1 year ago

Sputnik, 1st Space Satellite Launched by Soviets 1957/10/7 YouTube video by UniversalNewsreels

#OTD #TDIH #January4, 1958: #Sputnik1, the first man-made #satellite, de-orbits and burns up in Earth's atmosphere.
#Sputnik #Spaceflight #SovietSpaceProgram #SpaceflightFirsts #Satellites #SpaceRace
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDRD...

J.C. Kælin

@jckaelin.bsky.social

1 year ago

#OTD #TDIH #December15, 1970: #Venera7 lands on #PlanetVenus, the 1st successful #SoftLanding on another planet & 1st #spacecraft to transmit from another #planet to #Earth. #VeneraProgram #Spaceflight #Probes #SpaceExploration #SpaceflightFirsts #Venus
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera_7

J.C. Kælin

@jckaelin.bsky.social

1 year ago

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #December14, 1962 #NASA's #Mariner2 becomes #FirstSpacecraft to successfully encounter another planet, sends information back from #Venus.
#MarinerProgram #SpaceflightFirsts #Spaceflight
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariner_2