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166 years ago, in 1859:

Second day of the Carrington Event; one of the most powerful geomagnetic solar storms on record.


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55 years ago, in 1970:

Apollo 18 and 19 are cancelled due to budget cuts.


54 years ago, in 1971:

Luna 18 (USSR) is launched to the Moon; the seventh Soviet attempt to bring back soil from the surface.


50 years ago, in 1975:

Luna 22's (USSR) propellent is exhausted, ending its lunar orbit mission after 15 months.


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37 years ago, in 1988:

The Phobos 1 probe has a computer malfunction en route to Mars, thus ending the mission.


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10 years ago, in 2015:

On board the Soyuz TMA-18M mission to the ISS, Aidyn Aimbetov becomes the first Kazakh to visit space.


10 years ago, in 2015:

On board the Soyuz TMA-18M mission to the ISS, Andreas Mogensen becomes the first Dane to visit space.


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