Spacewalker Ed White Was Born On This Day In 1930.

Today, in 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space.

orion trapezium core by u/brownieboy2222 via r/astrophotography

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A Crescent Earth At Midnight - October 6th, 1996.

"The Earth's northern hemisphere appears outlined as a sunlit crescent in this dramatic view from the GOES 8 satellite. The image was made near midnight for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite on June 22nd, 1996, two days after the summer solstice. The summer solstice is the time of year when the Sun reaches its greatest northern declination and the arctic regions near the top of the picture experience 24 hours of daylight. Looking south along the Earth's limb, atmospheric scattering of sunlight causes the bright crescent to be visible beyond areas directly illuminated by the Sun."

Edward White II, Spacewalk by Robert McCall from 1966 depicting White's Gemini IV space walk in June 1965, the first by an American, launched 3 June 1965 and returned 7 June.

White died on 27 January 1967, along with Gus Grissom and Roger B Chaffee, during a pre-launch test for Apollo I.

Robert McCall died on 26 February 2010.

Symbiotic R Aquarii

Credits: Hubble, NASA, ESA, License, Judy Schmidt

Back in the 1950s, the Andromeda galaxy was captured at Mount Wilson Observatory in California.

The Eastern Veil

NGC 7023, Iris

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