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Historical & Philatelic Facts
250th birth anniversary of Eise Eisinga (1744-1828)
Eise Jeltes Eisinga (21 February 1744 – 27 August 1828) was a Frisian astronomer who built the Eise Eisinga Planetarium in his house in Franeker, Dutch Republic. The orrery still exists and is the oldest functioning planetarium in the world.
Historical & Philatelic Facts
25th Anniversary of First Manned Moon Landing
A Moon landing or lunar landing is the arrival of a crewed or robotic spacecraft on the Moon. The first human-made object to touch the Moon was Luna 2 in 1959, and the first crewed mission to land on the Moon was Apollo 11 in 1969. There were six crewed landings between 1969 and 1972 and numerous uncrewed landings.