Apollo 17 commander Eugene Cernan is holding the lower corner of the ๐บ๐ธ during the missionโs first moonwalk on December 12, 1972 @facethenation
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Taurus-Littrow is a lunar valley. It served as the landing site for the American Apollo 17 mission in December 1972, the last manned mission to the Moon to date
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Mayor of San Francisco Angelo Rossi cutting a silver chain with acetylene welding torch on the Golden Gate Bridge, May 27, 1937 @facethenation
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Traffic crosses the Golden Gate Bridge for the first time on opening day, May 27, 1937
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Towering high above the crowd, Philadelphia's Wilt Chamberlain sends a soft lay-up into the basket during a game against Los Angeles Lakers, October 19, 1961 @facethenation
Jackie Stewart drifting past the burning wrecks of Jackie Oliver's BRM and Jacky Ickx's Ferrari, 1970 Spanish GP @facethenation
Jackie Oliver's BRM crashes ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ into Jacky Ickx's Ferrari at Spain. Unbelievably both drivers escape with only minor burns @facethenation
Maya Plisetskaya in "The Dying Swan" by Camille Saint-Saens, Bolshoi Theatre, 1976 @facethenation
John Glenn enters his Friendship 7 capsule with assistance from technicians to begin his historic flight @facethenation
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On February 20, 1962 at 9:47 am EST, Glenn launched ๐ from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 14 to become the first American to orbit the Earth
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In 4 hours and 56 minutes, John Glenn circled the globe three times, reaching speeds of more than 17,000 miles per hour
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