"In the green of leaf and promising of peach
We'd reach our hands to touch and almost touch the sky."#Remembering Ray Bradbury, born #OTD in 1920.

In this clip from @NASAJPL, "The Martian Chronicles" author reads a poem in 1971, on the eve of Mariner 9 entering Mars orbit. pic.twitter.com/axVFSznXhP

— NASA History Office (@NASAhistory) August 22, 2019

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on: August 22, 2019 at 09:01AM

"I am completely operational, and all my circuits are functioning perfectly." HAL 9000 activated #OTD in 1992 in the film "2001: A Space Odyssey" (same date in 1997 in the book). http://pic.twitter.com/WYvE0IWI3q

— NASA History Office (@NASAhistory) January 12, 2018

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on: January 12, 2018 at 01:00PM

#OTD 1976 samples collected by Luna 24 land in Siberia. The last robotic probe to land on the Moon in the 20th Century. http://pic.twitter.com/OYMtc2qS06

— NASA History Office (@NASAhistory) August 23, 2017

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on: August 23, 2017 at 09:00AM

#Today in 1961, Alan Shepard's Freedom 7 capsule goes on display at the Paris Air Show http://pic.twitter.com/Lv2ydSFpjU

— NASA History Office (@NASAhistory) May 26, 2016

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on: May 26, 2016 at 11:00AM

Royal Astronomical Society founded #OTD in 1820; motto: whatever shines should be observed http://j.mp/1ZpZY5D http://pic.twitter.com/f1754PrVFG

— NASA History Office (@NASAhistory) January 12, 2016

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on: January 12, 2016 at 10:00AM