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Space/Environment timeline

By KaraCofer

  • Regulate waste disposal attempt

    Regulate waste disposal attempt
    Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.

  • Walden is published

    Walden is published
    Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden

  • Term ecology is coined

    Term ecology is coined
    The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel

  • the term acid rain was created

    the term acid rain was created
    The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain

  • The term smog is coined

    The term smog is coined
    The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution

  • national park service is created

    national park service is created
    US Congress created the National Park Service

  • WAC Corporal

    WAC Corporal
    The first rocket to reach the edge of space

  • Sputnik 1

    Sputnik 1
    First artificial satellite

  • Sputnik 2

    Sputnik 2
    First dogs were sent to space

  • Vostok 1

    Vostok 1
    First manned flight

  • Silent Spring is published

    Silent Spring is published
    Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring

  • Vostok 6

    Vostok 6
    First woman in space

  • Luna 10

    Luna 10
    First artificial satellite around the moon

  • Picture of earthrise

    Picture of earthrise
    The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise

  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11
    First human on the moon

  • First earth day

    First earth day
    First Earth Day – April 22. Millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day. US Environmental Protection Agency established

  • Salyut 1

    Salyut 1
    first space station

  • mariner 10

    mariner 10
    first photograph of venus from space

  • Voyager 1

    Voyager 1
    first photograph of the entire solar system

  • Montreal protocol

    Montreal protocol
    Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force

  • Kyoto Protocol negotiation

    Kyoto Protocol negotiation
    The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide.

  • Kyoto Protocol negotiation

    Kyoto Protocol negotiation
    The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide

  • Kyoto Protocol Rejection

    Kyoto Protocol Rejection
    U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol

  • Kyoto Protocol rejection

    Kyoto Protocol rejection
    U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol

  • Paris agreement participation termination

    Paris agreement participation termination
    U.S. announces it will cease participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation

  • rejoining the paris agreement

    rejoining the paris agreement
    U.S. announces it will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation