1966
Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
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1946
Keith Moon, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (died 1978)
Keith Moon, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (died 1978)
1965
Moonlight Graham, American baseball player and physician (born 1879)
Moonlight Graham, American baseball player and physician (born 1879)
2005
Moondog King, Canadian wrestler and politician (born 1949)
Moondog King, Canadian wrestler and politician (born 1949)
1939
William Least Heat-Moon, American travel writer and historian
William Least Heat-Moon, American travel writer and historian
1789
William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
1789
William Herschel discovered Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, during the first use of his new telescope which was then the…
William Herschel discovered Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, during the first use of his new telescope which was then the largest in the world.
1969
Apollo 10's Lunar Module flies within 8
Apollo 10's Lunar Module flies within 8.4 nautical miles (16 km) of the Moon's surface.
1961
Apollo program: U
�joint session of the U.S. Congress, that the United States "should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."
1961
In an address to Congress, U
�o Congress, U.S. president John F. Kennedy announced his support for the Apollo program, with "the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth".
1969
Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthc
Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first crewed Moon landing.
2002
Near-Earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the E
Near-Earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
1962
Project Apollo: At a press conference, NASA announces lunar orbit rendezvous as the means to land astronauts on the…
Project Apollo: At a press conference, NASA announces lunar orbit rendezvous as the means to land astronauts on the Moon, and return them to Earth.
1969
The Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle landed on the Sea of Tranquillity, where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the…
The Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle landed on the Sea of Tranquillity, where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to walk on the Moon six and a half hours later (bootprint pictured).
1993
The NASA spacecraft Galileo flew by the asteroid 243 Ida and took photographs that later revealed the first known…
The NASA spacecraft Galileo flew by the asteroid 243 Ida and took photographs that later revealed the first known asteroid moon (both pictured).