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First Exposition of Rocket Mechanics
First Exposition of Rocket Mechanics
The British mathematician William Moore publishes Treatise on the Motion of Rockets. This work features the first exposition of rocket mechanics based on Newton's third law of motion. -
First use of
The British mathematician William Moore publishes Treatise on the Motion of Rockets. This work features the first exposition of rocket mechanics based on Newton's third law of motion -
Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle
English naturalist Charles Darwin departs England aboard the H.M.S. Beagle. The goal of the expedition is to perform a survey of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. Darwin studies the plants and animals at each new stop. He discovers many unique species on the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Peru in South America. These discoveries lead to his groundbreaking theory of evolution. In his book, The Origin of Species, Darwin suggests that the deep ocean -
dog
the first dog to go in space they wanted tio put a animal up ther because they did not to bring a person up in spaces yet but the gog died after 2hours in spaces -
Continental Shelf
Coast Survey soundings in support of Gulf Stream investigations result in the discovery of the continental shelf break and the continental slope. -
First Artificial Satellite
the Soviet Union was the launch of Sputnik -
Explorer 1,
Explorer 1, the first U.S. satellite in orbit, lifts off at Cape Canaveral using a modified ABMA-JPL Jupiter-C rocket. It carries a scientific experiment of James A. Van Allen, and discovers the Earth's radiation belt -
Luna 2
Luna 2 is launched, impacting on the moon on September 13 carrying a copy of the Soviet coat of arms, and becoming the first man-made object to hit the moon. -
moon landing
The decade of the sixties was in many ways the golden age of space exploration, featuring the first manned space missions, the American Mercury and Gemini programs, and the first Moon landing in 1969 -
Space Exploration Timeline 1971-1980
This decade saw the Apollo program come to a close. The next few years were dominated by the first orbiting space stations and the first space probes sent to explore the mysteries of the Solar System. -
Space Shuttle
The decade of the eighties saw the beginning of the Space Shuttle program with all of its triumphs and its tragedies. Many amazing discoveries were also made throughout the Solar System. -
jupiter
the Galileo space probe safely completes its encounter with Jupiter's ice moon, Europa, at an altitude of 343 km. Later in the year, on May 30, Galileo flies by Jupiter's largest moon Ganymede at an altitude of 808 km. -
asteroid
probe settles into orbit around the asteroid 433 Eros, producing a series of stunning close-up images. Ground controllers start tightening its orbit for an eventual soft impact with the tumbling, potato-shaped asteroid -
new missions
The nineties saw the continuation of the Space Shuttle program and many new missions to explore the Solar System. It also saw the early beginnings of the commercial space program. -
1971-1980
This decade saw the Apollo program come to a close. The next few years were dominated by the first orbiting space stations and the first space probes sent to explore the mysteries of the Solar System
