NASA

Historical eventJuly 192013

NASA

The NASA spacecraft Cassini took a photograph of Saturn with Earth in the distance (detail pictured), for which people were invited to "wave at Saturn".

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When
Friday, July 19 201313 years ago
Category
Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Era
21st century · 2010s
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Dates: From 2013.

What happened

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the United States' civil space program, as well as research in aeronautics and space. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., NASA operates ten field centers across the US and is organized into three mission directorates: Human Spaceflight, Research and Technology, and Science. Established in 1958 amid the Space Race,

July 19 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1989United Airlines Flight 232
  2. 1992Via D'Amelio bombing
  3. 1994Alas Chiricanas Flight 00901
  4. 1997The Troubles
  5. 2011Guinea
  6. 2012Syrian civil war
  7. 2013NASA
  8. 2014New Valley Governorate
  9. 20142014 Farafra ambush
  10. 2018Knesset
  11. 2024Neary's

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July 19 2013 — 13 years ago, on a Friday.

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