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245 years ago, in 1781:

The Sombrero Galaxy (M104) is discovered by Pierre Méchain.


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53 years ago, in 1973:

Kosmos 557, intended to be Salyut-3, is launched.


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17 years ago, in 2009:

Servicing Mission 4 is launched aboard shuttle Atlantis (STS-125) to install on Hubble the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) and Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3).


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8 years ago, in 2018:

The Falcon 9 Block-5 makes its successful maiden flight, placing Bangladesh's first communications satellite, Bangabandhu-1, into orbit.


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