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Jan 1, 1500
Nicolaus Copernicus
Early 1500s: Copernicus noted that planets had discrepencies between observed and presumed positions -
Spyglass
The Spyglass was invented -
Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei invented the telescope and used it to look at the night sky; Discovered things about the solar system; discovered that the sun and the moon didn't have perfect surfaces -
Sir Issac Newton
Sir Issac Newton was a mathematician who develiped three laws involving forces and the universal law of gravity.
Explained how planets remined in orbit -
Bigger and better telescopes
The mathematical equations that were necessary to explain plantary motion were figured out.
People were building bigger and better telescopes. -
Comet Hunters
Charles Messier & J.L.E. Dreyer were comet hunters.
They didn't do this for scientific purposes but rather to create a reference list to avoid confusion when looking for comets -
Lord Rosse of Ireland
Largest telescope at the time - reflective mirror that was 183 cm across -
Sputnik 1
The first artifical satellite launched into space by the former Soviet Union -
Yuri Gagarin
the first human to travel into space was from the former Soviet Union -
Apollo II Mission
The first man on the moon -
Venera 7
First time Venera 7 landed on the surface of the planet Venus and transmitted data. -
Mission to Mars
Viking missions to the planet Mars! -
Voyager 1 & 2 Launched
The Voyager 1 & 2 are launded
They utilized a rare alignment of the gaseous to swing from one planet to the other using gravity as a pushing force. -
Canadarm
The first time the Canadarm was used on the Space Shuttle -
Marc Garneau
The first Canadian in space upon the Space Shuttle Challenger -
Roberta Bondar
The first Canadian woman upon the Space Shuttle Discovery