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Early 1500s: Copernicus noted that planets had discrepencies between observed and presumed positions
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The Spyglass was invented
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Galileo Galilei invented the telescope and used it to look at the night sky; Discovered things about the solar system; discovered that the sun and the moon didn't have perfect surfaces
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Sir Issac Newton was a mathematician who develiped three laws involving forces and the universal law of gravity.
Explained how planets remined in orbit -
The mathematical equations that were necessary to explain plantary motion were figured out.
People were building bigger and better telescopes. -
Charles Messier & J.L.E. Dreyer were comet hunters.
They didn't do this for scientific purposes but rather to create a reference list to avoid confusion when looking for comets -
Largest telescope at the time - reflective mirror that was 183 cm across
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The first artifical satellite launched into space by the former Soviet Union
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the first human to travel into space was from the former Soviet Union
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The first man on the moon
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First time Venera 7 landed on the surface of the planet Venus and transmitted data.
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Viking missions to the planet Mars!
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The Voyager 1 & 2 are launded
They utilized a rare alignment of the gaseous to swing from one planet to the other using gravity as a pushing force. -
The first time the Canadarm was used on the Space Shuttle
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The first Canadian in space upon the Space Shuttle Challenger
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The first Canadian woman upon the Space Shuttle Discovery