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aryabhata the elder
Aryabhata was a Hindu astronomer and mathmatician . -
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When he died followers made a satalite named after him . -
Feb 17, 1543
Nicolaus Copernicus
The first of these Renaissance scientists was a man named Copernicus. In 1543, Copernicus published a book about a new idea he had. Most people in his day thought that the Earth was at the center of the Universe, an idea known as a Geocentric Universe. They thought that the stars were little holes in a glass ball which surrounded the Earth. -
Feb 15, 1564
galileo
Galileo heard about a new invention called a telescope. He decided to build a telescope and use it to look at the Universe. Up until now people had only been able to guess what the Universe was, but Galileo was actually going to look at it and find out the truth. -
dead galileo
Galileo Galilei: Shortly after the death of Copernicus, the next great Astronomer was born. His name was Galileo Galilei. Galileo was the first Astronomer to use what we call science to find out what the Universe is made of. Copernicus was right, but he was only guessing. Galileo was not going to guess. -
Isaac Newton
Galileo accomplished a lot of amazing things in his life, but they pale in comparison to what Isaac Newton was able to do. He invented Calculus, a difficult type of math; he discovered prisms; he invented a new type of telescope; he discovered the laws of motion which govern how things move in space, and he was -
Newton's Myth
Most people think that Isaac Newton discovered gravity when he was hit on the head by a falling apple. This story is actually not true. People have known since the beginning of time that apples go down when they fall from trees. What Newton did was realize that the force of gravity follows the same mathematical rules as light. He did this by observing how quickly the Moon circles the Earth. -
Newton's Laws of motion
As stated above, Isaac Newton was the first person to understand how objects move in outer space. He came up with three laws, which we still use today. He described these laws as such. -
fruit flies
Fruit flies are the first animal/bug/livingthing in space . -
sputnik 1
Sputnik 1 was the world's first Earth-orbiting artificial satellite. It was launched into a low altitude elliptical orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957 . -
Laika
Laika was a Soviet space dog who became one of the first animals in space, and the first animal to orbit the Earth.
It is famous because it is a dog in a space craft .
