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📽️The masterpiece of science fiction, 2001: a space odyssey, first showed #OTD on April 2nd 1968. The movie would set the bar high for future sci-fi films and is highly regarded to this day as one of the greatest films of all time.

How old were you when you first saw 2001?

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📷The surface of #Venus, the hell planet, as seen from the #USSR's #Venera 13 lander #OTD March 1st, 1982. The lander survived for 127 minutes taking the first color photos and making the first soil samples of Venus!

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🚀The USA took a major step forward in the space race when John Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth February 20th 1962!

Glenn would orbit 3 times in the Mercury 6 "Friendship 7" spacecraft you see behind him here.#Space #mercury6 #Friendship7 #science #OTD

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🎂Happy Birthday to Isaac Asimov who would of been 100 years old today; January 2nd 2020!

#Asimov is known as one of the greatest writers of science fiction but he also was a professor of #biochemestry, and has a asteroid and a crater on #Mars named after him!
#scifi #science

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🎂Happy Birthday to Nichelle Nichols AKA Lieutenant Uhura! Nichols not only was an icon in space exploration community because of her role in Star Trek, but she also worked as a recruiter for #NASA for many years. #STARTREK #discovery #space

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🎂Happy Birthday to Arthur C Clarke who would of been 102. Clarke published important works such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Rendezvous with Rama, and Childhoods End

Clarke was known for his ability to translate his own knowledge of mathematics, physics and science to his books.

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#OTD in 1965 Humanities first space rendezvous. This photo of the #Gemini VII spacecraft was taken through the hatch window of the Gemini VI spacecraft during rendezvous and station keeping maneuvers on Dec. 15, 1965. #NASA #space

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🛰️This little craft, the Mariner 2, made its historic flyby of #Venus #OTD in 1962. This was the first time that humans have sent a spacecraft to another planet!

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🚀Would you have been able to pull this off?

#Astronaut Dale A. Gardner, wearing the manned maneuvering unit (MMU) approaching the spinning Westar VI #satellite over Bahama Banks. #NASA

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🚀#OTD 1988 the first American to orbit the made history again. John Glenn became the oldest man to fly in space by serving as a specialist on STS-95
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Glenn proved he had the right stuff even at 77 years old by passing the same physical examination that younger astronauts take.

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🎂Happy Birthday to Mae Jemison! Mae is a physician, a Peace Corps volunteer, a teacher, and founder and president of two technology companies in addition to being the first african american woman to go to space! #astronaut #teacher #NASA #space

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✨Tomorrow #India will attempt to become the 4th nation to make a soft landing on the moon, joining the USA, Soviet Union, and China in this elite club.

The #Vikram lander has separated from the #Chandrayaan2 orbiter.

GOOD LUCK INDIA!

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🎉 🎈🎂Happy 60th Birthday to Astronaut/Musician @Cmdr_Hadfield !

Hadfield has flown on two #spaceshuttle missions, aboard a #Soyuz, and has commanded the #ISS, but is most well known in pop culture for having covered David #Bowie's "Space Oddity" while in orbit!

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🛰️The third and final #EVA of the #Soyuz TM-29 mission to the #Mir space station.

The station would close its hatch for the last time. When the Soyuz TM-29 returned to earth on August 28th 1999 there would be no humans left in space for the first time in 10 years.

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🚀The #Mariner2, launched #OTD August 27, 1962, would become the first spacecraft to fly by another planet when it reached #Venus 4 months later!

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📣Discovery Alert!📣

A new exoplanet has a sky that one-ups Star Wars' Tatooine – three stars instead of two.

LTT 1445 A b swelters under three red suns. It's a hot, rocky world only 22 light-years💡⤳ away.

Welcome to the family, LTT 1445 A b!

https://t.co/KDu6btJxj8

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🎵The famous Golden Record launched on #Voyager2 #OTD 1977! The record contained music from many cultures across our globe and was supposed to give any extraterrestrial who might cross its path an artistic representation of our people.

What is your favorite song on the record?

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🚀The Viking 1 combined Lander and Orbiter mission launched #OTD August 20th, 1975 aboard a Titan/Centaur rocket. The #rocket pushed a 4 ton spacecraft into orbit around Mars in 11 months!

The #Viking1 Lander would send back the first clear photos of #Mars surface

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This cute little buddy named Belka was one of two pups that flew aboard the #Sputnik 5 Spacecraft #otd August 19th, 1960. This pair, #Strelka and #Belka, were the first animals to fly to space and come back alive!

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🎉 🎈🎂Happy Birthday to Astronaut Mike Massimino @Astro_Mike born #OTD August 19th in 1962.

Mike was instrumental in servicing the #Hubble Telescope over two space shuttle missions. Despite this amazing career, he is most famous for making the first "Tweet" from #space.