space exploration By Briellesaddington1 Period: 476 to 550 Aryabhata Aryabhata was famous for writing a remarkable book about astronomy and mathematics his suvrving book is the Aryabhatiya. Period: Feb 19, 1473 to May 24, 1543 copernicus he discovered that the earth was not in the middle of space the sun was. Period: Feb 15, 1564 to Jan 8, 1642 Galileo Galileo was