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56 years ago, in 1969:

Apollo 10 is launched; the first with the complete spacecraft (LM & CM).


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52 years ago, in 1973:

The maiden flight of the Soyuz-U rocket takes place, carrying the satellite Kosmos 559 to orbit.


52 years ago, in 1973:

The first Soyuz-U orbital carrier rocket is launched, placing Kosmos 559, a Zenit military surveillance satellite, into orbit.


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34 years ago, in 1991:

On board the Soyuz TM-12 mission to Mir, Helen Sharman becomes the first British astronaut and the first woman to visit Mir.


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7 years ago, in 2018:

A memory card ontaining the names of over 1.1 million people and photos of Eugene Parker is mounted to the Parker Solar Probe.


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