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    Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS) This Month in Exploration - September

    Fifteen years ago, the space shuttle Discovery crew deployed the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite, the first high-speed, all-digital communications satellite. Read more historical facts in This Month in Exploration.

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This Month in Exploration - August

Dr. Thomas K. Glennan
08.01.08

Fifty years ago, Dr. Thomas Keith Glennan was sworn in as the first NASA Administrator. Dr. Hugh Dryden was appointed as his deputy administrator. Read more historical facts in This Month in Explorati...

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This Month in Exploration - July

Dwight D. Eisenhower
07.01.08

Fifty years ago, President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, which instituted NASA. Find out what else happened this month in exploration history.

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This Month in Exploration - June

Astronaut Sally Ride in Space Shuttle Challenger's cabin during STS-7.
06.02.08

Twenty years after cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space, Sally Ride became the first American woman in space in 1983. Read more historical facts in This Month in Exploration.

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