1973 In Science

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The year 1973 in Science and Technology included many events, some of which are listed below.

ASTRONOMY AND SPACE EXPLORATION

June 30 - Very long total Solar Eclipse visible in NE South America, the Atlantic, and central Africa. During the entire Second Millennium, only seven total solar eclipses exceeded seven minutes of totality. This was the last. Observers aboard a Concorde jet were able to stretch totality to about 74 minutes by flying along the path of the moon's Umbra .

launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury (on March 29 , 1974 it became the first Space Probe to reach that planet).

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