November 17

This Day In History: November 17

November 17, 2012 Noreen

On this day in history, November 17th… 1558 : Elizabeth I, daughter of King Henry VIII, succeeded her half sister, Queen Mary I, to become the new Queen of England and Ireland and began an era that would be known in British history as the Elizabethan Age. For the short 5 years that Queen Mary I was sovereign head, she […]

This Day in History

November 17: Earth’s First Successfull Landing of a Remote Controlled Roving Robot on Another Astronomical Object

November 17, 2011 Daven Hiskey

This Day In History: November 17, 1970 The Soviet Union successfully landed a remote controlled roving robot on the moon, making it the first roving robot from Earth to land on another astronomical object. The robot was the Lunokhod 1, designed by Alexander Kemurdjian. It was launched during the Soviet Luna program, which ran from 1959-1976. More specifically, the Lunokhod […]