Week on space 2-8 NOVEMBER

The Mars Orbiter Mission, also called Mangalyaan, is a space probe orbiting Mars. It was launched on 5 November 2013 by the Indian Space Research Organisation. India became the first Asian country to enter the Martian gravity when ISRO-developed Mangalyaan entered into Martian orbit.

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🚀Monday 2

1885:  Harlow Shapley born

1917:  First light for Mount Wilson Observatory 100-inch Hooker telescope

2000:  First crew to International Space Station

🚀Tuesday 3

1957:  Sputnik 2 carries dog Laika, first living creature to orbit Earth 

1966:  Test flight of Manned Orbital Laboratory components

1973:  Mariner 10 launched

1994:  STS-66 Atlantis launched

2016:  China launched Long march 5

🚀Wednesday 4

1981:  Venera 14 launched by USSR

2003:  Scientists observed the largest solar flare

🚀Thursday 5

1964:  USA launched Mariner 3

1974:  China tried to launch Long march 2 (Failed)

2013:  Mars Orbiter Mission launched, India's first interplanetary mission🇮🇳

2018:  Voyager 2 spacecraft enters interstellar space

🚀Friday 6

1572:  Tycho Brahe records bright new star (supernova SN 1572) in Cassiopeia

1966:  Lunar Orbiter II launched by NASA

1967:  Surveyor 6 was launched by NASA

🚀Saturday 7

1963:  First flight test of Apollo Launch Escape System

1967:  Surveyor 6 launched

1996:  Mars Global Surveyor launched

2013:  Soyuz TMA-11M launched carrying ISS Expedition 38/39 crew

Indian high resolution day and night imaging satellite EOS-1 successfully launched by PSLV-C49

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Click here to know more about PSLV C49

🚀Sunday 8

1656:  Edmund Halley born

1984:  STS-51A Discovery launched

1995:  STS-74 Atlantis launched

2005:  ESA’s Venus Express launched

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