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The major events in astronomy

  • 2000 BCE

    New Evidence

    New Evidence
    New evidnce found for water on Mars
  • 1990 BCE

    Hubble space telescope

    Hubble space telescope
    Hubble space telescope put into orbit from space shuttle Discovery
  • 1972 BCE

    Pioneer 10

    Pioneer 10
    The U.S. launches pioneer 10,the first satellite destined for Jupiter
  • 1969 BCE

    Armstrong and Aldrin

    Armstrong and Aldrin
    Armstrong and Aldrin walk on the moon as part of apollo 11mission
  • 1962 BCE

    John Glenn

    John Glenn
    John Glenn becomes the first American to Orbit Earth
  • 1961 BCE

    Yuri Gagarin

    Yuri Gagarin
    Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space !
  • 1957 BCE

    Explorer 1 Launched

    Explorer 1 Launched
    This was the first U.S. satellite to orbit the Earth
  • 1957 BCE

    SPUTNIK

    SPUTNIK
    The first object to orbit the Earth lunched by de Russians
  • 1923 BCE

    Galaxies exist outside The Milky Way Galaxy

    Galaxies exist  outside The Milky Way Galaxy
    Hubble shows that galaxies exist outside the Milky Way Galaxy
  • 1801 BCE

    First Asteroid

    First Asteroid
    Piazzi discovers de firts asteroid Ceres
  • 1781 BCE

    The discovery of Uranus

    The discovery of Uranus
    The discover of Uranus by Herschel
  • 1668 BCE

    The first reflecting telescope

    The first reflecting telescope was built by Newton
  • 1609 BCE

    Galileo Galilei

    Galileo Galilei
    Galileo use telescope for astronomical purpouses.
    He discovers The Milky Way
  • 1543 BCE

    Copernicus (Heliocentric Theory)

    Copernicus (Heliocentric Theory)
    Copernicus publishes his heliocentric theory of the Universe
  • 13 BCE

    The Bing Bang

    The Bing Bang
    The bing bang probably ocurred
    13 billion ago