On 13th February, 1935, Hendrik van Gent discovered asteroids 1342 Brabantia and 1353 Maartje... Read more »

On 3rd October, 1947, The Hale telescopes’ new 200″ (508cm) wide telescope lens was completed... Read more »

On 3rd May, 1949, The Viking 1 rocket was launched by the U.S.... Read more »

On 17th March, 1958, NASA launched one of it’s earliest satellites, the Vanguard 1... Read more »

On 4th January, 1959, The Luna 1 became the first spacecraft to pass by the Moon... Read more »

On 17th February, 1959, The Vanguard 2 early weather satellite was launched... Read more »

On 11th March, 1960, NASA launched the Pioneer 5 space probe, which explored the area between Earth and Venus... Read more »

On 1st April, 1960, The first weather observation satellite was launched, producing the first TV images from space... Read more »

On 13th April, 1960, The first navigational satellite, the Transit-1B, was launched... Read more »

On 31st January, 1961, Ham the Chimp was sent into space onboard space mission Mercury-Redstone 2... Read more »