Astronomy Magazine — April 2, 1845: The first photo of the Sun

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Space Space Exploration

Apollo 8 read from Genesis while orbiting the Moon

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Space Solar System

Fizeau and Foucault took the first detailed photograph of the Sun

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Space Space Exploration

NASA introduced the Mercury Seven, America's first astronauts

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Science Physics

Newton's Principia appeared, setting the foundation of modern physics

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Space Space Exploration

Pioneer 10 became the first craft to leave the planets behind

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Space Space Exploration

Surveyor 1 made America's first soft Moon landing

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Space Space Exploration

The first Space Shuttle, Columbia, launched into orbit

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Space Solar System

The planet Neptune was discovered by mathematics

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Space Space Exploration

The Soviet Venera 3 became the first probe to reach another planet

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Space Stars & Galaxies

The Whirlpool Galaxy was discovered

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Space Solar System

Triton, Neptune's largest moon, was found just 17 days after the planet

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Space Solar System

Voyager 2 made its closest approach to Jupiter

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