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ATS-3. First full-disk "true color" [ 41] picture of the Earth; [ 42] subsequently used on the cover of the first Whole Earth Catalog. [ 43][ 42] December 21, 1968. Apollo 8. First full-disk image of Earth from space taken by a person, probably by astronaut William Anders. [ 44] December 24, 1968.
In 1947, the US sent the first animals in space, fruit flies, although not into orbit, through a V-2 rocket launched from White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. [13] [14] [15] On June 14, 1949, the US launched the first mammal into space, a rhesus macaque monkey named Albert II, on a sub-orbital flight. [16]
Christopher Columbus's journal (Diario) is a diary and logbook written by Christopher Columbus about his first voyage. The journal covers events from 3 August 1492, when Columbus departed from Palos de la Frontera, to 15 March 1493 and includes a prologue addressing the sovereigns. [ 1] Several contemporary references confirm Columbus kept a ...
First rocket engine fired in space. USA (NASA) Pioneer P-30 [9] 31 January 1961: First hominidae in space (chimpanzee Ham). First tasks performed in space. USA (NASA) M-R 2: 12 February 1961: First launch from Earth orbit of upper stage into a heliocentric orbit. First mid-course corrections. First spin-stabilisation. USSR Venera 1: 12 April 1961
t. e. Space exploration is the use of astronomy and space technology to explore outer space. [ 1] While the exploration of space is currently carried out mainly by astronomers with telescopes, its physical exploration is conducted both by uncrewed robotic space probes and human spaceflight. Space exploration, like its classical form astronomy ...
Captured in infrared light by the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, this image reveals previously obscured areas of star birth.Called the Cosmic Cliffs, the region is actually the edge of a gigantic, gaseous cavity within NGC 3324, roughly 7,600 light-years away.
Ted Kaczynski. Theodore John Kaczynski ( / kəˈzɪnski / ⓘ kə-ZIN-skee; May 22, 1942 – June 10, 2023), also known as the Unabomber ( / ˈjuːnəbɒmər / ⓘ YOO-nə-bom-ər ), was an American mathematician and domestic terrorist. [ 1] [ 2] He was a mathematics prodigy, but abandoned his academic career in 1969 to pursue a primitive ...
Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977, as part of the Voyager program to study the outer Solar System and the interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere. It was launched 16 days after its twin, Voyager 2. It communicates through the NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) to receive routine commands and to transmit data to ...