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			Current events for August 17, 2013 <<-Previous day Return to calendar Next day->> Events in space history for 08/17: Phobos, Martian moon, discovered (1877). First transatlantic trip in a balloon (1978). 50 people set a world record for flying in a single hot air balloon (Lelystad, Netherlands, 1988). Soviets launched first hybrid rocket (liquid/solid Propellant) (1933).