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On 3 August 2019, the first set of Earth images were captured by the LI4 camera on the Vikram lander, showing the North American landmass. Selenocentric phase. After 29 days from its launch, the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft stack entered lunar orbit on 20 August 2019 after performing a lunar orbit insertion burn for 28 minutes 57 seconds.
Unix time. 1546300800 – 1577836799. 2019 ( MMXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2019th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 19th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 10th and last year of the 2010s decade.
2017 (Wednesday) 2016 (Tuesday) 2015 (Sunday) 2014 (Saturday) August 2 is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 151 days remain until the end of the year.
Creola Katherine Johnson ( née Coleman; August 26, 1918 – February 24, 2020) was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. [1] [2] During her 33-year career at NASA and its predecessor, she earned a reputation for ...
Vanguard 2: 7 August 1959: First photograph of Earth from Earth orbit. USA Explorer 6: 13 September 1959: First spacecraft to impact another celestial body (the Moon). First delivery of national pennants to a celestial body. USSR Luna 2: 4 October 1959: First photos of another world from space: the far side of the Moon. First gravity assist ...
Chandrayaan-2: 22 July 2019 LVM3: 20 August 2019 6 September 2019 – Partial success Ongoing 7.5 years 4 years, 8 months, 23 days elapsed First Indian Lunar lander and rover mission; lander crashed. Chandrayaan-3: 14 July 2023 5 August 2023 23 August 2023 – Success – 12 days 12 days
International relations Russia–United States relations The United States formally withdraws from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia. (CNN) Law and crime 2019 Zagreb shooting A gunman opens fire in the home of his ex-wife in Zagreb, Croatia, killing six, including a ten-year-old child. He later committed suicide after a manhunt. (Reuters) Women's rights in Saudi Arabia ...
August 2: Republic Day in North Macedonia Lion of Chaeronea 338 BC – A Macedonian army overcame the combined forces of Athens and Thebes at the Battle of Chaeronea (memorial statue pictured) , securing Macedonian hegemony over the majority of Ancient Greece .