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the-star-stuff: Andrew Ainslie Common’s 1883 photograph of the Orion Nebula.
On April 12, 1961, Soviet fighter-pilot-turned-cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space. Flying the Vostok 1, Gagarin orbited the planet once, during an 108-minute flight. “I see Earth!” he said from space. “It is so beautiful.”(via)
April 12, 1961.
“The Eagle Has Landed - Two Men Walk on the Moon” - A girl holds the Monday edition of The Washington Post. July 21st, 1969. Jack Weir
ckck: Dione lit by the sun and sunlight reflected off of Saturn, 2008. Cassini Orbiter
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planetaryfolklore: On November 13, 2008, NASA held a press conference where they released the first image that had been restored, a 42-year-old image of Earth… one of the first images of earth from outer space, taken on August 23, 1966.
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