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attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.
Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution. -
Walden is published
Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden -
The term ecology gets coined
The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel -
The term acid rain gets coined
The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain -
The first artificial Earth satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched by the Soviet Union
This was the first satellite in human history to be launched into space. -
first animal launched into space
The first animal to make an orbital spaceflight around the Earth was the dog Laika, aboard the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 -
The first pictures of the far side of the moon
The U.S.S.R were the first people to take high-definition pictures of the far side of the moon. -
The first human to go into space
His name was Yuri Gagarin and he was launched by the soviet union. -
First spacecraft pictures of mars
The U.S was the first country to take a picture of mars. -
Apollos picture of the earth
The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise -
American astronauts walked on the surface of the Moon
The apollo 11 members were the first humans to walk on the moon. and Neil Armstrong was the first human to do it. -
The first space station was launched
It was launched by the soviet union. -
first pictures transmitted from the surface of Mars
It was the first picture transmitted from Mars back to earth from the U.S. -
first large optical space telescope launched
It was the first large telescope launched by the U.S and European Space Agency -
first spacecraft to fly by Pluto
The U.S sent the first spacecraft to fly past Pluto.