February 3rd in Astronomy and Space Science
![]() | 1963 | USSR attempts to launch an unmanned probe to soft-land on the Moon, but the rocket fails at launch. |
![]() | 1966 | The Soviet Luna 9 probe makes the first soft landing on the moon. |
![]() | 1999 | The International Astronomical Union releases a statement re-affirming Pluto's status as a planet. |