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Carl Sagan is born in Brooklyn
Carl Sagan was born in Brooklyn, New York to a Russian father and an extremely religious mother in 1934. -
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Carl Sagan's life
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Carl Sagan's earliest work with Nasa
Carl Sagan began to work for NASA as an advisor in 1950. -
Sagan's higher education
Sagan went to the University of Chicago at the age of 16 after having graduated from High school, -
Sagan's BA
Sagan graduates with a BA in physics. -
Sagan earns his Master's degree
Carl Sagan earned his master's degree in 1956. -
USSR sends Sputnik 1 into space
First ever probe to be sent into space and because it was successfully sent into space, it triggered the Space Race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union -
Explorer 1 sent into space by the United States
First American satellite to be sent into space, officially starting the Space Race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. -
Sagan's Phd
Sagan earns his Phd in astrophysics from Chicago University in 1960. -
Sagan helps Mariner 2 fly
In 1960 Sagan helped NASA with their Mariner 2 probe. He helped design the infrared radiometer that would go on the probe. -
Carl Sagan works as a consultant
Sagan briefly worked a scientific consultant on the film " 2001: A Space Odessey". -
Carl Sagan's early career at Cornell
Sagan was named the head of Cornell's laboratory for planetary studies in 1968. -
Attacking the UFO sightings
Sagan attacked the UFO sightings at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting claiming there was no reliable witness accounts and no physical evidence of UFOs. -
First Landing on the Moon
The first time anyone from space landed on the moon, when Apollo 11 from the United States landed. -
Mariner 9
Carl Sagan was part of the team that managed the images that Mariner 9 took of Mars. Which were some of the first pictures taken of the martian landscape. -
Sagan gets a best selling novel
Sagan's book, "Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective", was a huge hit. It stayed on the best seller list for over 60 weeks. -
The greenhouse effect and Venus
Sagan and James Pallack were among one of the first scientists to theorize in 1974 that the greenhouse effect made Venus so hot, that no life could possibly exist on it. This claim was proven true by the findings of the Mariner 2 probe. -
Viking 1 and 2
Sagan helped choose the locations where Viking 1 and 2 would land. They were the first successful probes to land on Mars. -
Creation of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal
Sagan used this committee to help explain the correct concepts of science through the media. -
Carl Sagan wins the Pulitzer prize.
Carl Sagan's hit novel "The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence" won the Pulitzer Prize. -
Voyager 1 and 2 messages.
Vayager 1 and 2 both had messages that Carl Sagan was able to convince NASA to let him put on them. The messages were encoded on a golden disc. The encoded message is written in various languages of Earth and included music and even whale sounds. Sagan hoped that some extraterrestrials would stumble upon the Voyagers and find the message. In this image Sagan stands next to a photo of Voyager 1. -
The Planetray Society
Carl Sagan co-founded th planetray society in 1980. This group was dedicated to the promotion of space exploration and helped him create his show "Cosmos'. -
First showing of "The Cosmos"
In 1980 "Cosmos" aired on PBS. It was an enormous success; it was seen by millions all pver the globe. It helped bring science to millions since he explained science on the show in a way people could understand. It was the most watched thing on PBS ever, until ken Burn's Civil War series in later years. -
Sagan's new term
Sagan became the first person to introduce the idea of a "nuclear winter" in 1983. -
Sagan predicts doomsday
Sagan made a huge scientific blunder by publicly announcing that Iraq burning Kuwait's oil wells would cause a small scale nuclear winter and threaten the world's food production. It was proven false when the oil wells were burned and no climatic effects were seen. -
Sagan nominated for membership to the National Academy of Sciences
Sagan was nominated for membership, however, he failed to reach a two-thirds majority for acceptance and was not elected. -
Sagan receives the Public Welfare Medal
The National Academy of Sciences received the Public Welfare Medal as a recognition and perhaps a partial compensation for his rejection into the Academy. -
Sagan's death
Carl Sagan died at the age of 62. He died of pnemonia, a compication the bone-marrow disease, myelodysplasia, he had contracted. -
Sagan's book on the big screen
Carl Sagan's novel 'Contact" was adapted for the big screen in 1997. It starred Jodie Foster as the protaganist. -
The New "Cosmos"
The show Sagan is most known for was rebooted on Fox in 2014. It is being produced by Sagan fan Seth Macfarlane. The host is also another Sagan fan, the famous scientist Neil degrasse Tyson.
