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Polar


2008 NASA's Phoenix spacecraft lands in the polar region on Mars

1997 Stikkan Stig Anderson, music entrepreneur (Polar), dies at 66

1996 Terence Edward Armstrong, polar geographer, dies at 75

1984 Landsat 5 and ham satellite Oscar 11 launched into polar orbit

1983 Infrared telescope satellite launched into polar orbit

1978 U.S. Seasat 1, 1st oceanographic satellite, launched into polar orbit

1977 Panama 747SP lands after polar flight around Earth in record 54:07

1959 Satellite Discoverer 6 launched into polar orbit

1959 Military satellite Discoverer 5 launched (into polar orbit)

1959 USAF launches Discoverer II into polar orbit

1959 Launch of Discoverer 1 (WTR)-1st polar orbit

1947 Paul-Emile Victor French polar expeditions organized

1920 Daniel Andersson, Swedish poet and writer (Polar History), dies at 32

1920 Terence Edward Armstrong, polar geographer

1897 Solomon Andrees baloon/polar expedition reaches White Island

1888 George Hubert Wilkins, born in Australia, polar explorer, Flying the Arctic

1841 George Melville, polar explorer, naval engineer

1733 1st polar bear exhibited in America (Boston)

1642 Christiaan Huygens discovers Martian south polar cap


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