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September 30th in Astronomy and Space Science

	1977	The Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) instruments, left on the Moon by the Apollo lander missions between 1969 and 1972, are shutdown.
	1995	The US Pioneer 11 spacecraft, launched in 1974, is shutdown after 22 years of continuous operation. Pioneer 11 is headed in the general direction of the constellation Aquila. It will pass near one of its stars in about 4 million years.

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