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In !609 the great italian scientist Galileo Galilei Created the first telescope and was the first to see the craters on the moon, the sun spots,, Jupiters four moon, and the ring on saturn
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Johannes Kepler discovered that earth orbited the sun and could also prove it.
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Laplace predicts the existence of black holes
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The heliometer, a device designed to measure the diameter of the sun, is invented by John Dollond. It is also used to measure distances between stars.
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In 1762 James bradle published a star catalouge which conatains 60,000 positions of stars.
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William Herschel discovers Uranus and recognises star systems outside our galaxy.
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Pierre Laplace develops the theory of the origin of the universe.
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The first asteroid is discovered when Giuseppe Piazzi identifies Ceres.
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The Royal Astronomical Society is founded.
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Friedrich Bessel makes the first measurement of the distance of a star from the Earth, calculating the distance of 61 Cygni to be approximately 6 light years away; the true value is later calculated as approximately 12 light years.
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John Draper makes the first daguerreotype image of the Moon.
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The 8th planet, Neptune, is discovered by Johann Galle.
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William Bond takes the first photographic image of a star (Vega)
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Jules Verne publishes From Here to the Earth, mentioning the exact velocity that the cannon shot the three travelers to the moon (an object must have a velocity of seven miles a second to escape the Earth's gravity).
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AA Michelson and EW Morley experimentally demonstrate the constancy of the speed of light.
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Konstantin Tsiolkovsky publishes a series of papers describing space flight.
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Orville Wright launches first powered flight in history. Earlier that year, Russian physicist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky claimed, with complex mathematical theories that man will one day travel in space and occupy planets.
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Albert Einstein publishes "theory of relativity."
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Discovery of Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the Earth (except the Sun).
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International Astronomical Union founded.
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Edwin Hubble proves that galaxies are systems independent of the Milky Way.
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Clyde Tombaugh discovers the 9th planet, Pluto.
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Frank J Whittle invents the jet engine. Robert Watson-Watt invents radar.
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Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 rocket plane.
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The Hale reflector telescope is installed at the Mount Palomar observatory in California.
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Rocket testing ground is established at Cape Canaveral
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First space flight by living creatures when US sends 4 monkeys into the stratosphere.
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The Jodrell Bank telescope is completed
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USSR launches the Sputnik 1 satellite into space.
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NASA founded.
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First pictures of far side of the moon by Luna III.
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Yuri Gagarin the first man in space. Alan B. Shephard Jr is the first American in space.
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John Glenn becomes first American to orbit earth in space.
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Velentina Tereshklova becomes first woman in space in Vostok 6. First quasar discovered.
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Soviet astronaut Alexei Leonov makes the first space walk.
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Neil Armstrong and David Scott makes the first space docking in Gemini 8. Luna IX probe lands on the Moon, while Venera III makes a landing on Venus.
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Bell and Hewish discover the first pulsar
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Neil Armstrong is the first man on the moon followed by Buzz Aldrin.
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Apollo 13 forced to abort Lunar Mission when oxygen tank explodes. Crew managed safe return to Earth.
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The Russians launch Salyut I, the first orbital space statio
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Soviet Soyuz 19 docks with Apollo 18. Venera IX makes a landing on Venus and relays pictures of the planet back to the Earth
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Viking I lands on Mars.
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Rings around Uranus discovered. The Voyager deep space probes are launched.
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Pioneer 1 and 2 reach Venus 1978 James Christy discovers Charon, a moon of Pluto.
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The Voyager spacecraft pass Jupiter and Saturn, relaying an enormous amount of information back.
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Rings around Neptune discovered
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Sally Ride is first US woman in space. Pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to travel beyond the solar system.
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Voyager 2 reaches Uranus, finding 6 new moons.
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Supernova SN1987A flares up, becoming the first supernova visible to the naked eye since 1604.
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Voyager 2 reaches Neptune, discovering a ring system and 8 moons.
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Hubble space telescope launched.
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An asteroid passes earth at only 160 000km (100,000 miles). Hubble Space Telescope finds evidence for a black hole at the centre of the M87 galaxy..
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NASA scientist announce the discovery of proof of living organisms on a Mars meteorite in Antarctica.
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US space probe pathfinder lands on Mars.
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Evidence for a black hole at the center of our galaxy is found. Spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker safely lands on the asteroid 433 Eros, February 15. United States launched the Genesis mission to study solar wind particles.
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First planet detected orbiting a giant star. Mars Odyssey achieves possible identification of significant amounts of frozen water.
