Earth

Important dates in space exploration

By elijahb.

  • waste/pollution

    Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.

  • Thoreau

    Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden

  • ecology?

    The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel

  • Acid Rain?

    The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain

  • smog?

    The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution

  • NPS

    US Congress created the National Park Service

  • SPUTNIK

    SPUTNIK
    October 4, 1957
    Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. It was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957 as part of the Soviet space program. It sent a radio signal back to Earth for three weeks before its three silver-zinc batteries ran out.

  • silent spring is published

    Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring

  • EARTHRISEE

    The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise

  • MOON HUMANS?

    MOON HUMANS?
    humans walking on the moon

  • First Day Earth

    First Earth Day – April 22. Millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day. US Environmental Protection Agency established

  • LUNA 16

    LUNA 16
    first return of lunar samples by an unmanned spacecraft

  • venera 7

    venera 7
    first soft landing on another planet that planet being venus

  • SAYLUT

    SAYLUT
    first space station launched

  • Mariner 9

    Mariner 9
    first spacecraft to orbit another planet that planet being mars

  • Ozone layer in danger?

    Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force

  • HUBBLE TELESCOPE

    HUBBLE TELESCOPE
    first large optical space telescope launched

  • Kyoto Protocol

    The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide

  • No deal Kyoto

    U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol

  • Hayabusa

    Hayabusa
    first spacecraft to return to Earth with samples from an asteroid

  • Philae

    Philae
    first spacecraft to land on a comet

  • No more US for Paris

    U.S. announces it will cease participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation

  • US comes back to Paris

    U.S. announces it will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation