* Astronomy

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RE: January 10th

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Venera 6 was launched on 10 January 1969 Venus atmospheric probe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera_6

Soyuz 17, with cosmonauts Georgi Grechko and Aleksei Gubarev was launched on 10 January 1975.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_17

Soyuz 27 was launched on January 10, 1978
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_27

On January 10, 1962, NASA announced plans to build the C-5 three-stage rocket
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_V#C-5

On the 10th of January 2014, Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo completed its third powered flight

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Joachim Muehlner (10 January 1913 - 13 April 2004) was a German-American radio engineer at Peenemuende
http://heroicrelics.org/ussrc/wvb-team-tribute/dsc80811.jpg.html

Lieutenant-General James Francis Tennant (10 January 1829 - 6 March 1915) was a noted soldier and astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Francis_Tennant

Simon Marius (January 10, 1573 - December 26, 1624) was a German astronomer.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47198011/simon-marius-1573-1624/

Eugène Joseph Delporte (10 January 1882 - 19 October 1955) was a Belgian astronomer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Joseph_Delporte

Robert Woodrow Wilson (born January 10, 1936) is an American astronomer
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47198007/robert-woodrow-wilson/

Harold Lee Alden (January 10, 1890 - February 3, 1964) was an American astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Alden

Rudolph E. Schild (born January 10, 1940) is an astrophysicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_Schild

Katharine Burr Blodgett (January 10, 1898 - October 12, 1979) was the first woman to be awarded a Ph.D. in Physics from University of Cambridge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Blodgett

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Metropolis is a 1927 German expressionist epic science-fiction drama film directed by Fritz Lang.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_(1927_film)

Children of the Stones is a television drama for children produced by HTV in 1976
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t53996264/children-of-the-stones/

Star Trek: "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" was first broadcast on January 10, 1969

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NGC 615 was discovered by William Herschel using on the 10th January 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56208928/ngc-615/

NGC 636 was discovered by William Herschel on the 10th January 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56211722/ngc-636/

NGC 731 was discovered by William Herschel on the 10th January 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56211739/ngc-731/

NGC 1035 was discovered by William Herschel on the 10th January 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56211752/ngc-1035/

NGC 1052 was discovered by William Herschel on the 10th January 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t64531843/ngc-1052/

NGC 2335 was discovered by William Herschel on the 10th January 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56211769/ngc-2335/

NGC 2343 was discovered by William Herschel on the 10th January 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56211782/ngc-2343/

NGC 2353 was discovered by William Herschel on the 10th January 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56211797/ngc-2353/

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On January 10, 2012 Kepler discovered the first three sub-Earths around an ordinary star Kepler-42
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler-42

Extrasolar planet HD 173416 b was discovered on January 10, 2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_173416_b

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Meteorites

The Stretchleigh (Stone) meteorite fell in England, UK, on the 10th January, 1623.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47197995/stretchleigh-meteorite/

The Oufrane (L) meteorite fell in Adrar, Algeria, on the 10th January, 1969.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56208740/oufrane-meteorite/