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Atmosphere

1994 Space probe Magellan burns up in atmosphere of Venus 1989 6-week study of Arctic atmosphere shows no ozone "hole" 1984 Intelsat 5 re-enters Earth's atmosphere 5 months after it failed 1979 U.S. Skylab enters atmosphere over Australia and disintegrates 1978 Pioneer Venus 2 drops 5 probes into atmosphere of Venus 1972 1 million kg heavy meteorite grazes atmosphere above Canada 1969 Venera 5 lands on Venus, returns data on atmosphere 1966 Daylight meteor seen from Utah to Canada. Only known case of a meteor entering Earth's atmosphere and leaving it again 1958 Sputnik 2 (with dog Laika) burns up in atmosphere 1958 Sputnik 1 reenters atmosphere and burns up 1956 Anti-protons detected in the atmosphere 1946 1st U.S. rocket to leave the Earth's atmosphere (50 miles up) 1945 JPL WAC Corporal Launch (1st Man-Made Object to escape Atmosphere) 1882 Atmosphere of Venus detected during transit 1867 Charles Fabry, discoverer, ozone layer in upper atmosphere

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