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- December in Space History.
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- 2 First semi soft landing made by Russia's Mars 3. (1971).
- 3 Pioneer 10 becomes first spacecraft to reach Jupiter. (1973).
- 4 Gemini 7 begins 1st Jupiter flyby(1973).
- 6 Ist attempted satellite launch (unsuccessful) (1957).
- 7 Last Apollo mission launched (Apollo 17) (1972).
- 9 First Us probes sent to Venus. (1978).
- 13 Russell Porter born. (1871).
- 14 Tycho Brahe born. (1546).
- Mariner II sends first detailed info about Venus from distance of 21,600
- miles. (1962).
- 15 Gemini 6 & 7 make first space rendevous. (1965).
- Venera 7 1st craft to land on Venus. (1971).
- 17 1st Powered flight by Orville Wright. (1903).
- 18 First test project of SCORE (signal Communications by Orbiting Relay
- Equipment). (1958).
- Borman and Lovell Splash down in Atlantic to end two week Gemini VII
- mission. (1965).
- 20 First Space walk made by G. Grechko from Salyut. (1977).
- 21 Apollo 8 launched. 1st manned lunar flight. (1968).
- 23 Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, moon of Saturn. (1672).
- Borman, Lovell & Anders 1st men to orbit moon. (1968).
- 24 Luna 13 lands on moon. (1966).
- Apollo 8 Christmas eve telecast made from moon orbit. (1968).
- 25 Isaac Newton Born. (1642).
- 27 Johannes Kepler born. (1571).
- 28 Arthur S. Eddington born. (1882).