Saturday, July 20, 2013

Remembering the Great Meteor Procession of 1860




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Remembering the Great Meteor Procession of 1860



Painting of The Meteor of 1860 by Hudson River School artist Frederic Church. (Credit: Frederic Church, courtesy of Judith Filenbaum Hernstadt).
“Year of meteors! Brooding year!” -Walt Whitman
July 20th is a red letter date in space history. Apollo 11, the first crewed landing on the Moon, took place on this day in 1969.






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