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On This Day in Space! Jan. 23, 1942: NASAs Glenn Research Center is founded Space 1/23/2021 Hanneke Weitering © Provided by Space An aerial view of NASAs Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field, Cleveland, Ohio. Happy birthday, Glenn Research Center!  On January 23, 1942, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) founded the Aircraft Engine Laboratory, which was renamed Lewis Research Center after NASA was established in 1958.  It was renamed again in 1999 as th...

On January 16, 1969, two crewed spacecraft docked in orbit for the first time. See how it happened in our "On This Day In Space" series!

On Jan. 11, 1787, the English astronomer Sir William Herschel discovered two moons at Uranus! See how it happened in our "On This Day In Space" series!

On This Day in Space! Dec. 23, 1672: Giovanni Cassini discovers Saturns moon Rhea Space 23/12/2020 Hanneke Weitering © Provided by Space Saturns moons Rhea and Janus tango on opposite sides of the planets famous ring system in this new color-enhanced image from NASAs Cassini orbiter. Rhea, Saturns second-largest moon, is visible in the foreground, while the smaller moon Janus is pictured in the distance across the rings. Citizen scientist Kevin Gill recently processed this ...

On This Day in Space! Dec. 20, 1904: Mount Wilson Observatory founded Space 20/12/2020 © Provided by Space mount wilson observatory bobcat fire On Dec. 20, 1904, the Mount Wilson Observatory was founded. This astronomical observatory was the brainchild of the solar astronomer George Ellery Hale. He was a professor at the University of Chicago who was famous for discovering magnetic fields in sunspots.  In 1889, two Harvard astronomers started testing out the observing conditions at Mount ...

On This Day in Space! Dec. 19, 1961: France creates a space agency Space 19/12/2020 On Dec. 19, 1961, Frances space agency was born!  After more than a decade of experimenting with rockets and missiles under the countrys department of defense, President Charles de Gaulle finally decided that France needed an official governmental space research and signed the creation of the Centre National d Etudes Spatiales, which in English is the National Center for Space Studies. De Gaulle established t...

On This Day in Space! Dec. 15, 1612: Andromeda galaxy spotted by telescope for the 1st time Space 12/15/2020 Hanneke Weitering © Provided by Space The arms and core of the Andromeda Galaxy glow among a sea of multicolored stars in this deep-space photo captured from the Cumeada Observatory at the Dark Sky Alqueva Reserve in Reguengos de Monsaraz, Portugal. On Dec. 15, 1612, the Andromeda galaxy was seen through a telescope for the first time by a German astronomer named Sim...