space exploration

By monicamaceirarosa
  • Period: 476 to 550

    Aryabhata

    Aryabhata was a great mathemation of the age of an indian astronamy.
  • Period: Feb 19, 1473 to May 24, 1543

    Corpernicus

    Corpernicuswas a Renaissance mathematician and astronomer who formulated a heliocentric model of the universe which placed the Sun, rather than the Earth, at the center.
  • Period: Feb 15, 1564 to

    Galileo

    shortly after the dealth of Corpernicus,the next a great Astronmerthat was born.His name was Galileo.

  • Halley's comet

    Scientists believe that comets are made up of material left over from when the Sun and the planets were formed into comets

  • NASA

    The acronym "NASA" stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The term Aeronautics comes from the Greek words for "air" and "to sail."

  • fruit flies

    The first animal in space was a fruit flie.

  • CSIRO

    CSIRO's origins date from the early years of World War I. In 1916, the Australian Government established the Advisory Council of Science and Industry as the first step towards a ‘national laboratory’.