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1856, William Thompson takes the first underwater pictures using a camera mounted on a pole
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In 1898 Tesla demonstrated a radio-controlled motorboat to a government representative, suggesting the potential military application of his technology.
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he word “scuba” is an acronym for Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Émile Gagnan designed the first successful and safe open-circuit scuba
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The first photograph of Earth from space, taken on 24 October 1946. This is the first photograph of Earth ever taken from space.
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It was during this period of scientific cooperation that the Soviet Union stunned the world with the launch of Sputnik, the first satellite ever. On October 4, 1957
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A spacecraft landed on the moon and the first ever person to walk the moon occured
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Robonaut 2 or R2 was flown to the space station as part of STS-133 mission and was the first humanoid robot in space.
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The first space station was Salyut 1, which was launched by the Soviet Union on April 19, 1971.
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The wreck of Titanic was located in 1985 by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's new imaging vehicle Argo on its first deep-sea cruise, towed from the Research Vessel Knorr.
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In the aftermath of 9/11, the CIA began flying armed drones over Afghanistan as part of the war against the Taliban
