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Date Story or event
   
1st February, 2003 Columbia shuttle disintegrates killing seven
3rd February, 1966 Soviets land probe on Moon
4th February, 1906 Birthday of Clyde Tombaugh (Discoverer of Pluto)
6th February, 1971 Alan Shepard Plays golf on the moon
8th February, 1974 Americans end outer space marathon aboard SkyLab
15th February 1564 Birthday of Galileo galilei
18th February, 1930 Pluto discovered by Clyde Tombaugh
19th February 1473 Birthday of Nicolaus Copernicus

19th February 1622

Death of Sir henry Savile (Founder of the Oxford Chair of Astronomy)
20th February 1962 John Glenn Becomes first man to orbit the earth