January 8, 1994: Valeri Polyakov, a Russian cosmonaut leaves earth, bound for the Mir space station
Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov (Russian: Валерий Владимирович Поляков, born Valeri Ivanovich Korshunov, Russian: Валерий Иванович Кор...
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January 6, 1857: Patent for Zinc Ore Reduction by Samuel Wetherill
In 1857, a remarkable event unfolded that would significantly impact the mining and metallurgical industries: the patent for reducin...
January 14, 2005: The Exterior of Titan
Little was known about Titan’s surface before the Cassini-Huygens mission. Because the moon’s haze is partially transparent to near-...