Add Your Piece of History… 10th August

On this day in 1990. The Magellan spacecraft arrives at Venus to begin mapping the planet’s surface. The Magellan spacecraft was named after the 16th century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. Magellan remained in orbit around Venus for 4 years before it lost altitude and crashed on the planet’s surface in October 1994.

On this day in 1844. Charles Sturt sets out on his final expedition to search for an inland sea in Australia.

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Diagram of the Magellan Venus Orbiter (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Charles Sturt (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Add Your Piece of History… 25th May

On this day in 1967. John Lennon’s psychedelic Rolls Royce was delivered. The Rolls Royce caused an uproar, including the Rolls Royce company raising a formal complaint. John Lennon had bought the car new from Rolls Royce in 1965 and become bored with the colour so had a psychedelic paint job. The car was sold […]