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Skylab Over Earth
Skylab was an orbiting laboratory launched in May 1973. NASA astronauts visited it three times, staying for up to two and a half months. They performed many scientific tests, including astronomical observations in ultraviolet and X-ray light. These observations provided valuable information about Comet Kohoutek, our Sun, and the mysterious X-ray background radiation.
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Space pictures released on your month and day in other years, or a few days either side. Each one is sharp enough to print as a poster.
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Released on 29 April 2021 Apollo 17: The Crescent Earth See it as a poster -
Released on 29 April 2025 A visual feast of galaxies See it as a poster -
Released on 29 April 2025 A visual feast of galaxies, from infrared to X-ray See it as a poster -
Released on 29 April 2023 Solar Eclipse from a Ship See it as a poster -
Released on 29 April 2024 Onekotan, an uninhabited volcanic island See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 29 APR 2006 falls under Taurus (♉). The sign's window runs from 04-20 through 05-20. Taurus holds the Pleiades star cluster and Aldebaran, the red giant that marks the eye of the Bull. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 29 APR 2006.