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Period: 476 to 550
Aryabhatta
AryaBhatta is a person who invented ZERO and invented the the apparent movement of the stars is a relative motion caused by the rotation of the earth.AryaBhatta lived in place 30 kilometes from Bihar, U.P. -
Period: Feb 19, 1473 to May 24, 1543
Copernicus
In the early 1500s, when virtually everyone believed Earth was the center of the universe, Polish scientist Nicolaus Copernicus proposed that the planets instead revolved around the sun. Although his model wasn't completely correct, it formed a strong foundation for future scientists to build on and improve mankind's understanding of the motion of heavenly bodies.Indeed, other astronomers built on Copernicus’ work and proved that our planet is just one world orbiting one star. He lived in Torun. -
Period: Feb 15, 1564 to
Galileo
Galilei Gallileo was a physicist and astronomer, was greatly remembered for some very important contributions to astronomy and physics such as finding the planet Venus. There, in 1609, he heard of a magnifying instrument put together by a lens-grinder he constructed the first known complete telescope.Exploring this, Galileo discovered that the moon was made by various seperate stars. Galileo lived in Pisa -
CSIRO
CSIRO stands for Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation.CSIRO operates several world-class radio telescopes that are used by its own astronomers and other astronomers from around Australia and all over the world. -
Yuri Gargain
On board Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made history on April 12, 1961 when he became both the first person in the world to enter space and the first person to orbit the Earth. -
The First Animal in Space
When most people are asked about the first animal in space, they usually name the monkeys and dogs that tested out the space environment before Yuri Gagarin and Alan Shepard flew -
Vogager Progarm
The Voyager program consisted of a pair of unmanned scientific probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, launched in 1977
They were sent to study Jupiter and Saturn, using an advantageous planetary alignment of the late 1970s. -
Lakia
Aboard the Soviet's Sputnik 2, Laika, a dog, became the very first living creature to enter orbit. However, since the Soviets did not create a re-entry plan, Laika died in space. Laika's death sparked debates about animal rights around the world. -
Mission Mercury
Initiated in 1958, completed in 1963, Project Mercury was the United States' first man-in-space program. The objectives of the program, which made six manned flights from 1961 to 1963, were specific:
To orbit a manned spacecraft around Earth
To investigate man's ability to function in space
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Comets ( Halley';s Comet )
A comet is a small icy ball in space.The best known comet of all is Halley, which has returned with a 74-79 year period since 240 B.C. The following image (Ref) shows a famous view of the full tail of Halley recorded from the Mount Wilson Observatory. Last seen was -
Pluto
In August 2006 the International Astronomical Union (IAU) downgraded the status of Pluto to that of "dwarf planet." -
NASA
NASA stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA was started in 1958 as a part of the United States government. NASA is in charge of U.S. science and technology that has to do with airplanes or space. -
1980
There were originally five orbiter space planes: Atlantis, Challenger, Columbia, Discovery and Endeavour. Two of these, Challenger and Columbia, were destroyed in tragic accidents. Atlantis flew the last mission of the shuttle programme in July 2011 -
Hubble Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope was named after astronomer Edwin Powell Hubble (1889–1953), who made some of the most important discoveries in modern astronomy.Hubble is one of NASA's most successful and long-lasting science missions
