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#OTD in 1972, Pioneer 10 was the first human-made space probe to enter the asteroid belt, located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
#OTD in 1983, Pioneer 10 crossed the orbit of Neptune. It was the first human-made object to travel this far.
#OTD in 1858, Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Donati discovered comet C/1858 L1 (Comet Donati).
Some of plant specimens collected by Ynes Mexia can be found digitized at the NYBG Steere Herbarium. https://t.co/KVviIXSnnG
#OTD in 1940, British entomologist and illustrator Margaret Fountaine died, with a butterfly net in her hands, from a heart attack in Trinidad. #WomenInSTEM
#OTD in 1972, Apollo 16 with John Young, Charles Duke, and Ken Mattingly was launched on its way to the Moon. 📷 NASA
Check out what the @NASAHubble Space Telescope looked at on my birthday: Spiral galaxy NGC 3982! #Hubble30
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#OTD in 1935, German mathematician Emmy Noether died. She made many important contributions to abstract algebra & theoretical physics, most importantly Noether's theorem on the connection of symmetry in nature and laws of conservation.
#OTD in 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space & to orbit the Earth. The historic flight with Vostok 1 took 108 minutes from launch to landing.📷 Soviet Space Program
The Moon last night (91.9 % illuminated). 05.04.2020. Canon 7D 200mm zoom, cropped. #StormHour #ThePhotoHour